Fig. 1

Representative images of the patient sample. First row: segmentation of the lung in order to achieve automated emphysema scoring. Second row: representative slice of the CT Thorax planning scan demonstrating the biopsied lung lesion. Third row: drawn region of the interest (in red) of the biopsied lung lesion. First line: 71-year-old male patient, right-elevated position, no pneumothorax after biopsy, biopsy successful (non-malignant lesion). Second line: 67-year-old female patient, right-lateral position, pneumothorax after biopsy, biopsy successful (metastatic lesion)