About the Authors

Heling Zhou

Affiliation Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Min Chen

Affiliation Clinical Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Dawen Zhao

Dawen.Zhao@UTSouthwestern.edu

Affiliation Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Designed the software used in analysis: HZ MC. Obtained permission for use of cell line: DZ. Conceived and designed the experiments: DZ. Performed the experiments: HZ DZ. Analyzed the data: HZ MC DZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HZ MC DZ. Wrote the paper: HZ MC DZ.