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The Fourier pixel colored logo of ETH Zurich. The letter ‘E’ is roughly 1 millimeter tall on the camera. Credit: Glauser YM, ...

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Correspondence to Dr Raquel Granell, Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1QU, UK; raquel.granell{at}bristol.ac.uk Rationale Lung ...