Non-ionizing measurement and quantification of bell-shaped chests in spinal muscular atrophy: a pilot study

• Main Authors: Israel Amirav (Author), Neta Rabin (Author), Sapir Levi (Author), Ronly Har-Even Cohn (Author), Yotam Lior (Author), Shelly Shiran (Author), Liora Sagi (Author), Aviva Fatal (Author), Alon Zvirin (Author), Yaron Honen (Author), Moran Lavie (Author), Ron Kimmel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundSpinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is manifested by deformation of the chest wall, including a bell-shaped chest. We determined the ability of a novel non-ionizing, non-volitional method to measure and quantify bell-shaped chests in SMA.MethodsA 3D depth camera and a chest x-ray (CXR) were used...