About the Authors

Scott R. Plotkin

splotkin@partners.org

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Miriam A. Bredella

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Wenli Cai

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ara Kassarjian

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Corades, S.L., Majadahonda, Spain

Gordon J. Harris

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sonia Esparza

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Vanessa L. Merker

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Lance L. Munn

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Alona Muzikansky

Affiliation Biostatistics Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Manor Askenazi

Affiliations Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biological Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

Rosa Nguyen

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Hamburg, Germany

Ralph Wenzel

Affiliation Department of Radiology, University Hospital, Hamburg, Germany

Victor F. Mautner

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Hamburg, Germany

Competing Interests

Dr. Kassarjian is employed by Corades, S.L. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SRP AK VFM. Performed the experiments: SRP MAB AK SE VLM RW VFM. Analyzed the data: SRP MAB WC AK GJH LLM AM MA RN RW VFM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SRP WC GJH LLM VFM. Wrote the paper: SRP MAB WC AK GJH SE VLM LLM AM MA RN RW VFM.