About the Authors

Po-Shan Wang

Affiliations Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, Municipal Gandau Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Neurology, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Hung-Chieh Chen

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

Hsiu-Mei Wu

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

Jiing-Feng Lirng

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

Yu-Te Wu

yutewu163@163.com (YTW); bwsoong@ym.edu.tw (BWS)

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Integrated Brain Research Laboratory, Department of Medical Research and Education, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Bing-Wen Soong

yutewu163@163.com (YTW); bwsoong@ym.edu.tw (BWS)

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PSW BWS. Performed the experiments: PSW HMW JFL BWS. Analyzed the data: PSW HCC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PSW. Wrote the paper: PSW. Reviewed and critiqued the statistical analysis: YTW BWS. Reviewed and critiqued the manuscript: HMW YTW BWS.