# Design bone flap for skull

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/design-bone-flap-for-skull/15864>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** segmentation\
**Created:** [February 5, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/design-bone-flap-for-skull/15864 "2021-02-05T13:02:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 10, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/design-bone-flap-for-skull/15864/20 "2024-02-10T17:00:26Z")

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You can register a similar patient’s skull with deformable image registration, or create a flap from scratch using Baffle planner module (provided by SlicerHear extension):

> [@New module: Baffle planner - for designing surface patches](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/new-module-baffle-planner-for-designing-surface-patches/16799):
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> A new [Baffle planner module](https://github.com/SlicerHeart/SlicerHeart/blob/master/Docs/BafflePlanner.md) has been added in [SlicerHeart extension](https://github.com/SlicerHeart/SlicerHeart#slicerheart-extension-for-3d-slicer) that can be generally used whenever a smooth surface patch needed that conforms to pre-existing anatomical boundary. By default a “soap-bubble” surface is created for the specified curve but the surface shape can be edited by specifying additional surface points in either slice or 3D views. The module can generate an infinitely thin open surface, or a closed surface with specified thickness. The module can also generate a flat…

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