About the Authors

Stefanie Kirschner

Affiliation Department of Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, 68167, Mannheim, Germany

Bettina Mürle

Affiliation Department of Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, 68167, Mannheim, Germany

Manuela Felix

Affiliation Medical Radiation Physics/Radiation Protection, Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, 68167, Mannheim, Germany

Anna Arns

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, 68167, Mannheim, Germany

Christoph Groden

Affiliation Department of Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, 68167, Mannheim, Germany

Frederik Wenz

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, 68167, Mannheim, Germany

Andreas Hug

Affiliation Spinal Cord Injury Center, University Hospital Heidelberg, Schlierbacher Landstr. 200a, 69118, Heidelberg, Germany

Gerhard Glatting

Affiliation Medical Radiation Physics/Radiation Protection, Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, 68167, Mannheim, Germany

Martin Kramer

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Small Animal Clinic, Justus-Liebig-University, 35392, Giessen, Germany

Frank A. Giordano

Contributed equally to this work with: Frank A. Giordano, Marc A. Brockmann

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, 68167, Mannheim, Germany

Marc A. Brockmann

Contributed equally to this work with: Frank A. Giordano, Marc A. Brockmann

brockmann@gmx.de

Affiliation Department of Neuroradiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55131, Mainz, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK MB. Performed the experiments: SK MF AA. Analyzed the data: SK BM MB AH MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FG CG FW GG. Wrote the paper: SK MB.