About the Authors

Christian von Falck

Falck.Christian.von@mh-hannover.de

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Vesela Bratanova

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Thomas Rodt

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Bernhard Meyer

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Stephan Waldeck

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Bundeswehrzentralkrankenhaus, Koblenz, Germany

Frank Wacker

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Hoen-oh Shin

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests. CvF, TR, BM and FW have received or receive grants from Visage Imaging. FW has received grants from Siemens Healthcare. TR has received grants from Terumo. All grants are unrelated to the topic of this study. The authors acknowledge the support during data acquisition of Dr. Christianne Leidecker of Siemens Healthcare. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CvF VB TR HS FW. Performed the experiments: CvF VB TR SW. Analyzed the data: CvF BM SW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CvF HS FW. Wrote the paper: CvF VB FW HS BM.