About the Authors

Mark O. Wielpütz

mark.wielpuetz@med.uni-heidelberg.de

Affiliations Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology with Nuclear Medicine, Thoraxklinik at University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Department of Radiology, German Cancer Research Center (dkfz), Heidelberg, Germany

Diana Bardarova

Affiliations Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology with Nuclear Medicine, Thoraxklinik at University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Oliver Weinheimer

Affiliations Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany

Hans-Ulrich Kauczor

Affiliations Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology with Nuclear Medicine, Thoraxklinik at University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Monika Eichinger

Affiliations Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology with Nuclear Medicine, Thoraxklinik at University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Bertram J. Jobst

Affiliations Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology with Nuclear Medicine, Thoraxklinik at University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Ralf Eberhardt

Affiliation Department of Pneumology and Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, Thoraxklinik at University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Marcel Koenigkam-Santos

Affiliations Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology with Nuclear Medicine, Thoraxklinik at University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Department of Radiology, German Cancer Research Center (dkfz), Heidelberg, Germany

Michael Puderbach

Affiliations Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology with Nuclear Medicine, Thoraxklinik at University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Department of Radiology, German Cancer Research Center (dkfz), Heidelberg, Germany

Claus P. Heussel

Affiliations Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology with Nuclear Medicine, Thoraxklinik at University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MOW DB OW HUK ME BJJ RE MKS MP CPH. Performed the experiments: MOW DB OW BJJ. Analyzed the data: MOW DB OW BJJ CPH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MOW DB OW HUK CPH. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MOW DB OW HUK ME BJJ RE MKS MP CPH.