About the Authors

Cecilie Brekke Rygh

Contributed equally to this work with: Cecilie Brekke Rygh, Jian Wang

cecilie.rygh@biomed.uib.no

Affiliations Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Cardiovascular Research Group, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

Jian Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Cecilie Brekke Rygh, Jian Wang

Affiliation Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Marte Thuen

Affiliation MI Lab, Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

Andrea Gras Navarro

Affiliation Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Else Marie Huuse

Affiliation MI Lab, Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

Frits Thorsen

Affiliation Molecular Imaging Center, Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Aurelie Poli

Affiliations Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Laboratoire d'Immunogénétique-Allergologie, CRP-Santé, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Jacques Zimmer

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Immunogénétique-Allergologie, CRP-Santé, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Olav Haraldseth

Affiliations MI Lab, Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway, Department of Medical Imaging, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

Stein Atle Lie

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Dentistry, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Per Øyvind Enger

Affiliations Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Neurosurgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

Martha Chekenya

Affiliations Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Institute for Clinical Dentistry, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Competing Interests

Dr. Jacques Zimmer, who is a co-author of this paper, is a member of the academic editorial board of PLoS One. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CBR JW MC PØE MT. Performed the experiments: CBR JW MC AP FT JZ PØE AGN. Analyzed the data: CBR MT EMH MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OH MC. Wrote the paper: CBR MC. CBR Contributed to MRI scanning: CBR. Performed animal surgery: JW. MRI scanning: JW. Designed MRI protocol: MT. Contributed with tumour characterisation data: AGN. Contributed to MRI scanning: FT. Contributed to NK cell isolation: AP. Contributed to immunotherapy treatment: JZ. Provided resources for MRI data analysis: OH. Contributed with statistical analyses: SAL. Contributed to animal surgery and MRI scanning: PØE. Contributed to immunohistochemistry: MC. Contributed to critically editing and approved the manuscript: CBR JW MT AGN EMH FT AP JZ OH SAL PØE MC.