Abstract: A Computer Vision enabled Smart Tray (CVST) is designed for use in medical training, such as for Central Venous Catheterization (CVC). The tray is configured to hold a plurality of medical instruments. A support surface supports the tray with areas that are selectively illuminable, and a sensing system is operable to sense the presence of instruments or supplies in at least some areas of the tray. Background color is used by the computer vision algorithm to distinguish between tools and the tray. In addition, the computer vision algorithm is evaluated for accuracy in tool detection.

Abstract: A medical training system is provided having a housing, a phantom tissue simulant surface, an insertion hole, at least one medical instrument with a tip configured to pierce the phantom tissue simulant surface, a passage, at least one sensor, and a microprocessor. The system simulate a medical training procedure and the microprocessor is configured to read and process information from each of the at least one sensor in order to provide feedback to a user.