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Acquiring sufficient quality images of the chest wall, lungs and airways at key stages of the respiratory cycle, such as end-inspiratory or expiratory phase, is crucial for accurately assessing chest wall deformation and pulmonary function and mechanics. Regarding image quality, low proton density and short relaxation times of the lung tissues result in poor quality images, and long acquisition times result in blurring caused by respiratory and cardiac motion. This overview summarizes strategies developed to address the inherent challenges of visualization of lung tissue and respiratory motion in MRI acquisition of the chest of pediatric patients with spinal deformities. An overview of the main methods for motion-resolved image acquisition and measurement of chest wall motion and thoracic volumes is presented and discussed. 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