About the Authors

Laurent Auboire

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations UMR Imagerie et Cerveau, Inserm U930, Université François-Rabelais de Tours, France, CHRU de Tours, Service d’échographie-Doppler, Tours, France

Charles A. Sennoga

Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation UMR Imagerie et Cerveau, Inserm U930, Université François-Rabelais de Tours, France

Jean-Marc Hyvelin

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bracco Suisse SA, Geneva, Switzerland

Fréderic Ossant

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations UMR Imagerie et Cerveau, Inserm U930, Université François-Rabelais de Tours, France, CHRU de Tours, CIC-IT, Tours, France

Jean-Michel Escoffre

Roles Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation UMR Imagerie et Cerveau, Inserm U930, Université François-Rabelais de Tours, France

François Tranquart

Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Advice-US Consulting, Nernier, France

Ayache Bouakaz

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Ayache.bouakaz@univ-tours.fr

Affiliation UMR Imagerie et Cerveau, Inserm U930, Université François-Rabelais de Tours, France

Competing Interests

Bracco Suisse SA provided support in the form of salaries for author [JMH], Advice-US consulting provided support in the form of salaries for author [FT]. Bracco Suisse SA and Advice-US consulting did not have any additional role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The specific roles of these authors are articulated in the ‘author contributions’ section. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.