About the Authors
- Michael Helmberger
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Contributed equally to this work with: Michael Helmberger, Michael Pienn
Affiliations Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Lung Vascular Research, Graz, Austria, Institute for Computer Graphics and Vision, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
- Michael Pienn
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Contributed equally to this work with: Michael Helmberger, Michael Pienn
Affiliation Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Lung Vascular Research, Graz, Austria
- Martin Urschler
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Affiliations Institute for Computer Graphics and Vision, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Clinical Forensic Imaging, Graz, Austria
- Peter Kullnig
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Affiliation DiagnostikZentrum Graz, Graz, Austria
- Rudolf Stollberger
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Affiliation Institute for Medical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
- Gabor Kovacs
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Affiliations Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Lung Vascular Research, Graz, Austria, Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Andrea Olschewski
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Affiliations Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Lung Vascular Research, Graz, Austria, Experimental Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Horst Olschewski
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Affiliations Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Lung Vascular Research, Graz, Austria, Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Zoltán Bálint
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* E-mail: zoltan.balint@lvr.lbg.ac.at
Affiliation Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Lung Vascular Research, Graz, Austria
Competing Interests
G. Kovacs reports personal fees from Glaxo Smithkline, personal fees from Actelion, personal fees from Pfizer, personal fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, personal fees from Astra Zeneca, personal fees from Nycomed-Takeda, personal fees from Bayer, personal fees from Chiesi, outside the submitted work. H. Olschewski reports personal fees from Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Lung Vascular Research, during the conduct of the study; grants and personal fees from Actelion, grants and personal fees from Bayer, personal fees from Chiesi, personal fees from Gilead, personal fees from Lilly, personal fees from Boehringer, personal fees from Almirall, personal fees from Pfizer, grants and personal fees from GSK, personal fees from Astra Zeneca, personal fees from Novartis, personal fees from Takeda, outside the submitted work. PK is radiologist in the private practice of radiologists, DiagnostikZentrum Graz. 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: MH MP MU ZB. Performed the experiments: MH MP MU PK GK ZB. Analyzed the data: MH MP RS AO HO ZB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MU PK AO HO. Wrote the paper: MH MP ZB. Critically revised the manuscript: MU PK RS GK AO HO. Approved the final version to be published: MH MP MU PK RS GK AO HO ZB.