About the Authors

Karina Juhl

Affiliation Department of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine & PET and Cluster for Molecular Imaging, Rigshospitalet and University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Anders Christensen

Affiliations Department of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine & PET and Cluster for Molecular Imaging, Rigshospitalet and University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery and Audiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

Morten Persson

Affiliation Department of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine & PET and Cluster for Molecular Imaging, Rigshospitalet and University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Michael Ploug

Affiliations Finsen Laboratory, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC), Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark

Andreas Kjaer

akjaer@sund.ku.dk

Affiliation Department of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine & PET and Cluster for Molecular Imaging, Rigshospitalet and University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KJ AK M. Persson M. Ploug. Performed the experiments: KJ AC M. Persson. Analyzed the data: KJ AC M. Persson AK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AK M. Ploug. Wrote the paper: KJ AC M. Persson M. Ploug AK.