About the Authors

Masahiro Yamazaki

yamazaki@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Shinji Naganawa

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Hisashi Kawai

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Mitsuru Ikeda

Affiliation Department of Radiological Technology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Kiminori Bokura

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Haruo Isoda

Affiliation Department of Radiological Technology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Tsutomu Nakashima

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MY SN KB. Performed the experiments: MY SN HK KB HI TN. Analyzed the data: MY MI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MY SN HK MI KB HI TN. Wrote the paper: MY SN.