About the Authors

Maarten A. G. Merkx

m.a.g.merkx@alumnus.tue.nl

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Wouter Huberts

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

E. Mariëlle H. Bosboom

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Aron S. Bode

Affiliation Department of Vascular Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Javier Oliván Bescós

Affiliation Department of Interventional X-Ray, Philips Healthcare, Best, The Netherlands

Jan H. M. Tordoir

Affiliation Department of Vascular Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Marcel Breeuwer

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Department of MR Clinical Science, Philips Healthcare, Best, The Netherlands

Frans N. van de Vosse

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

Two of the authors (JOB and MB) are employed by Philips Healthcare, a commercial company. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Critical revision of the article: MAGM WH EMHB ASB JOB JHMT MB FNvdV. Final approval of the article: MAGM WH EMHB ASB JOB JHMT MB FNvdV. Obtaining funding: WH EMHB JHMT FNvdV. Overall responsibility: EMHB JHMT MB FNvdV. Conceived and designed the experiments: MAGM WH EMHB ASB JOB JHMT MB FNvdV. Performed the experiments: MAGM WH EMHB ASB JHMT. Analyzed the data: MAGM WH EMHB JOB FNvdV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAGM WH JOB MB. Wrote the paper: MAGM WH EMHB MB FNvdV.