Predictive Outcomes of Deep Learning Measurement of the Anterior Glottic Angle in Bilateral Vocal Fold Immobility.

Journal: The Laryngoscope
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: (1) To compare maximum glottic opening angle (anterior glottic angle, AGA) in patients with bilateral vocal fold immobility (BVFI), unilateral vocal fold immobility (UVFI) and normal larynges (NL), and (2) to correlate maximum AGA with patient-reported outcome measures.

Authors

  • Elliana Kirsh DeVore
    Department of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Nat Adamian
    Surgical Photonics & Engineering Laboratory, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  • Nate Jowett
    Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge.
  • Tiffany Wang
    Department of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Phillip Song
    Department of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Ramon Franco
    Department of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Matthew Roberts Naunheim
    Department of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.