System for determining spinal implants

A system for determining spinal implants, comprising:

• a surgical table constructed and arranged to move a patient when secured on the table into a number of different positions in response to corresponding commands by the patient, the positions including a position of pain (POP) where the patient experiences a maximum pain from one or more affected levels of his or her spine, and a position of comfort (POC) where the patient experiences a least amount of pain from the affected levels;
• a scanner operatively associated with the table for scanning the patient at least at the POP and the POC, and for producing corresponding radiographic image data corresponding to the patient's spine;
• and
• image processing apparatus coupled to the scanner and configured to quantify changes in relative position of adjacent vertebra at each affected level when the vertebra move from a configuration corresponding to the patient's POP to a configuration corresponding to the patient's POC, according to the image data produced by the scanner.