About the Authors

Chun Fu Lin

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Sanford P. C. Hsu

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chung Jung Lin

Affiliations Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Wan Yuo Guo

wyguo@vghtpe.gov.tw

Affiliations Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chih Hsiang Liao

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Wei Fa Chu

Affiliations Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Sheng Che Hung

Affiliations Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Yang Shin Shih

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Yen Tzu Lin

Affiliations Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJL CFL WYG. Performed the experiments: CJL SPCH CFL YTL WFC. Analyzed the data: CFL CJL CHL WYG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CHL CJL CFL SCH WYG YTL WFC. Wrote the paper: WYG YSS.