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To create your SpinePlanner account, follow this link and click the “Register” button. Provide your personal information and set your account password. After verifying your email address, your account will be ready for use. Once your account is created, you will have access to a set of example cases, allowing you to test the application without needing to upload any CT data yourself.
The case dashboard displays all the cases you own. From here, you can create as many plans as needed for each case and also create new cases. Opening a plan takes you to the SpinePlanner planning environment.
Case Dashboard Three different plans shown for the “3 Level Spondylodesis” case.
A new case is created by uploading a CT of the patient’s spine and providing some additional information.
You can follow the steps for case creation here: https://spineplanner.ch/spineplanner/
***When a new account is created, the cases need to be simulated, which may take a few minutes to process. In the meantime, feel free to duplicate cases to explore the app and try its tools while waiting.***
Creating a New Plan
– First, duplicate an existing plan. You can rename your new plan by clicking on the edit button.
Plan duplication
– choose new screw types and their placement.
Screw selection menu
– Save plan before requesting a simulation.
(otherwise the changes are not retained)
Save plan button
Hotkeys
Hotkeys are also available on the SpinePlanner app. They can help you speed up your workflow.
Here are the hotkeys available:
If you need to create a DICOM zipped folder to upload it to the SpinePlanner App please follow the steps below on how to create a zipped DICOM folder.
Step 1: Organize Your DICOM Files
Collect DICOM Files: Ensure all your DICOM files are in a single folder. If your files are scattered, create a new folder and move all your DICOM files into this folder.
Folder Structure: You might want to maintain a specific folder structure for easier access later. For example, you can group DICOM files by patient, study, or date.
Step 2: Compress the DICOM Folder
Using Windows:
Select the Folder:
Right-click the folder containing your DICOM files.
Compress:
Choose “Send to” > “Compressed (zipped) folder” from the context menu.
A new zip file will be created in the same location as your folder. You can rename the zip file if desired.
Using macOS:
Select the Folder:
Right-click (or Control-click) the folder containing your DICOM files.
Compress:
Choose “Compress [folder name]” from the context menu.
A new zip file will be created in the same location as your folder. You can rename the zip file if desired.
Using Linux (Command Line):
Open Terminal:
Navigate to the directory containing your DICOM folder.
Compress:
Use the zip command to create a zip file:
zip -r dicom_files.zip dicom_folder/
Replace dicom_files.zip with your desired zip file name and dicom_folder/ with the name of your folder containing the DICOM files.
Step 3: Verify the Zip File
Check the Contents:
Ensure all the DICOM files are present in the zip file.
On Windows or macOS, you can double-click the zip file to open and inspect it.
On Linux, you can use the unzip -l command to list the contents:
unzip -l dicom_files.zip
Test Integrity:
You can use the unzip -t command on Linux to test the integrity of the zip file:
unzip -t dicom_files.zip
On Windows or macOS, extracting the zip file and verifying the files manually can also help ensure integrity.
Step 4: Upload the Zipped File
Upload: You can now upload the zip file to the SpinePlanner App.
