About the Authors

Theresia I. Yiallourou

Affiliation Laboratory of Hemodynamics and Cardiovascular Technology, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Jan Robert Kröger

Affiliation Department of Clinical Radiology, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany

Nikolaos Stergiopulos

Affiliation Laboratory of Hemodynamics and Cardiovascular Technology, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

David Maintz

Affiliation Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Bryn A. Martin

Contributed equally to this work with: Bryn A. Martin, Alexander C. Bunck

director@chiari-research.org

Affiliations Laboratory of Hemodynamics and Cardiovascular Technology, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, Conquer Chiari Research Center, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America

Alexander C. Bunck

Contributed equally to this work with: Bryn A. Martin, Alexander C. Bunck

Affiliations Department of Clinical Radiology, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany, Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Competing Interests

Bryn A. Martin is a consultant for Neurosyntec Corp. and Metrad Biosystems Inc.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BAM ACB. Performed the experiments: TIY JRK BAM ACB. Analyzed the data: TIY JRK NS DM BAM ACB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TIY JRK BAM ACB. Wrote the paper: TIY JRK BAM ACB.