Ranjit, Suman https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3058-6332
Torrado, Belen
Vallmitjana, Alexander
Durkin, Amanda Fedyk
Dvornikov, Alexander
Ganesan, Anand
Kelly, Kristen M.
Balu, Mihaela https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8018-5134
Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (1R35GM154815)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (P30CA062203)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (R01CA259019)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (R01EB026705)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (R21AR082648)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (P30AR075047)
Article History
Received: 18 April 2025
Accepted: 13 December 2025
First Online: 30 December 2025
Change Date: 11 June 2026
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: A Correction to this paper has been published:
Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-026-10469-5
Competing interests
: M.B. is a coauthor of a patent owned by the University of California, Irvine (UCI) related to the development of clinical multiphoton microscopy technology. Additionally, M.B. is a cofounder of Infraderm, LLC, a startup spin-off from UCI focused on commercializing clinical multiphoton microscopy imaging platforms that may benefit from the use of advanced analysis tools. The Institutional Review Board and Conflict of Interest Office of UCI have reviewed patent disclosures and found no concerns. The other authors declare no competing interests.