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Affiliations

• ¹ Departments of Radiology and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. [email protected].
• ² Department of Radiology, Seaman Family MR Research Centre, Foothills Medical Centre, 1403 29th St. NW, Calgary, AB, T2N2T9, Canada. [email protected].
• ³ Departments of Radiology and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
• ⁴ Diagnostic and Therapeutic Neuroradiology, Hôpital Purpan, 31300, Toulouse, France.
• ⁵ Departments of Neurology, Diagnostic Imaging, and Neurosurgery, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
• ⁶ Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
• ⁷ Department of Neuroradiology and Endovascular Therapy, Besancon University Hospital, Besancon, France.
• ⁸ Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
• ⁹ Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
• ¹⁰ Department of Radiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, PO Box 58006202 AZ, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
• ¹¹ Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.