About the Authors

Ge Wang

ge-wang@ieee.org

Affiliations Biomedical Imaging Division, VT-WFU School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Blacksburg, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Biomedical Imaging Division, VT-WFU School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Jie Zhang

Affiliation Department of Radiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Hao Gao

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Victor Weir

Affiliation Department of Medical Physics and Radiation Safety, Baylor Health Care System, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Hengyong Yu

Affiliation Biomedical Imaging Division, VT-WFU School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Wenxiang Cong

Affiliation Biomedical Imaging Division, VT-WFU School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Blacksburg, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Xiaochen Xu

Affiliation Medical Business Unit, Texas Instruments Inc., Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Haiou Shen

Affiliation Biomedical Imaging Division, VT-WFU School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Blacksburg, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

James Bennett

Affiliation Biomedical Imaging Division, VT-WFU School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Blacksburg, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Mark Furth

Affiliation Comprehensive Cancer Center, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Yue Wang

Affiliation Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Michael Vannier

Affiliation Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Xiaochen Xu (co-author) is a current, full-time employee of Texas Instruments Inc, Medical Systems Division. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: JZ HG VW HY WC XX HS JB GW. Wrote the paper: GW JZ HG VW HY WC XX HS JB MF YW MV.