About the Authors
- Tetsuya Tsujikawa
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Affiliation Biomedical Imaging Research Center, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan
- Hirohiko Kimura
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* E-mail: kimura@u-fukui.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan
- Tsuyoshi Matsuda
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Affiliation GE Healthcare Japan, Hino, Tokyo, Japan
- Yasuhiro Fujiwara
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Affiliations Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan, Department of Medical Imaging, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Makoto Isozaki
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Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan
- Ken-ichiro Kikuta
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Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan
- Hidehiko Okazawa
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Affiliation Biomedical Imaging Research Center, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan
Competing Interests
This study received funding from Eizai Co. Ltd. Tsuyoshi Matsuda is employed by GE Healthcare Japan. 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: HK KK HO. Performed the experiments: TT HK MI HO. Analyzed the data: TT HK HO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TM YF. Wrote the paper: TT HK HO.