About the Authors

Kathryn H. Rosenbluth

Kate.Rosenbluth@ucsf.edu

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Alastair J. Martin

Affiliation Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Stephan Mittermeyer

Affiliation Brainlab, Feldkirchen, Bavaria, Germany

Jan Eschermann

Affiliation Brainlab, Feldkirchen, Bavaria, Germany

Peter J. Dickinson

Affiliation Department of Surgical and Radiological Science, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Krystof S. Bankiewicz

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

Two co-authors of the manuscript, Stephan Mittermeyer and Jan Eschermann, are employees of Brainlab in Munich. This work was completed as a part of a Sponsored Research agreement with the University of California San Francisco that included open publication policies consistent with PLOS ONE. 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: KHR AJM PJD KB. Performed the experiments: KHR AJM PJD KB. Analyzed the data: KHR AJM SM JE KB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KHR SM JE PJD KB. Wrote the paper: KHR AJM SM EJ PJD KB.