About the Authors

Fabian Flottmann

f.flottmann@uke.de

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Jan Kabath

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Till Illies

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Tanja Schneider

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Jan-Hendrik Buhk

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Jens Fiehler

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

André Kemmling

Affiliations Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, Institute of Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Schleswig Holstein, Lübeck, Germany

Competing Interests

JHB - UNRELATED to article, received speaker fees from Philipps Healthcare. AK—UNRELATED to article, research collaboration agreement: Siemens Healthcare. JF—UNRELATED to article, consultancy: Codman, Stryker, MicroVention; Grants/Grants Pending: Codman, Stryker, MicroVention; Payment for Lectures (including service on Speakers Bureaus): Penumbra, Philips, Covidien; Travel/Accommodations/ Meeting Expenses Unrelated to Activities Listed: Covidien. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FF AK TI JB JF. Performed the experiments: JK TS AK FF. Analyzed the data: FF JK TI AK JF. Wrote the paper: FF AK JF.