About the Authors

Guihua Zhai

Affiliation The Department of Radiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Clinton J. Grubbs

Affiliation The Department of Surgery, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Cecil R. Stockard

Affiliation Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Heidi R. Umphrey

Affiliation The Department of Radiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

T. Mark Beasley

Affiliation The Department of Biostatistics, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Hyunki Kim

Hyunki@uab.edu

Affiliations The Department of Radiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CG HK. Performed the experiments: GZ HU TMB CS. Analyzed the data: GZ HK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CG. Wrote the paper: GZ CG CS HU TMB HK.