All chest CTs were performed with 128-row spiral CT scanners (Somatom x.Site or Somatom Force, Siemens Medical Systems, Erlangen, Germany). The scans were acquired in a craniocaudal direction during a single-breath-hold either contrast-enhanced or non-enhanced. If contrast-enhanced CT was performed, a 1.0 mL/kg body weight bolus of iopromide 370 mg/mL (Ultravist, Bayer, Leverkusen, Germany) was injected intravenously by a power injector with an acquisition time of 75 s. Table 1 shows further technical details.
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