Tamminen, Pekka http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2139-6457
Järnstedt, Jorma http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1503-3078
Lehtinen, Antti
Numminen, Jura http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4211-4244
Lehtimäki, Lauri http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1586-4998
Rautiainen, Markus http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5905-0059
Kivekäs, Ilkka http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6931-3641
Funding for this research was provided by:
Tampere Tuberculosis Foundation
Research Foundation of the Pulmonary Diseases
Competitive State Research Financing of the Expert Responsibility area of Tampere University Hospital
Tampere University Hospital Support Foundation
The Finnish ORL-HNS Foundation
Article History
Received: 22 May 2022
Accepted: 4 August 2022
First Online: 16 September 2022
Declarations
:
: None declared.
: The study was approved by the Tampere University Hospital Ethical committee (R17011, registered at clinicaltrials.gov; NCT04171167) and all patients provided written informed consent. Repetitive imaging was conducted ethically; the additional radiation burden was equivalent to a few days of background radiation.