Virtual straightening of the spine based on CT (or MRI) images

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New to this forum, but not to Slicer. Impressed by the diversity of applications
I am looking for a software package capable of “redressing” the (CT) image of the spine in such a way that it follows a straight axis. I think such software was part of (some) radiology workstations, but I can’t put my hand on it. I was thinking of an elastic coregistration with a model of a straight spine (possibly with fiducial markers, like reference points). Any help?? Thank you WJP medmax

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This straightening operation is called “Curved planar reformat” and it is available in the “Curved planar reformat” module in Sandbox extension.

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Thank you ++
I expect you are referring to the Sandbox extension of Slicer? I must check whether I have this extension on my version
Have a good day
WJP

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Yes, you can install the Sandbox extension from the Extensions Manager. It is available for current version of Slicer on all operating systems.

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Thank you. I’ll check this WE
Have a good day
WJP