About the Authors

Tetsuya Tsujikawa

Affiliation Biomedical Imaging Research Center, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan

Hirohiko Kimura

kimura@u-fukui.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan

Tsuyoshi Matsuda

Affiliation GE Healthcare Japan, Hino, Tokyo, Japan

Yasuhiro Fujiwara

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

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan

Ken-ichiro Kikuta

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan

Hidehiko Okazawa

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.