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Competition ยท 2019

Science Mentorship Programme

Intelligent Surgical Tools Checker

A computer vision utility to reduce time and human error during surgical tool checks.

Intelligent Surgical Tools Checker cover

Tech Stack

PythonOpenCVComputer VisionImage Processing

Goal

The project explored whether computer vision could speed up surgical tool checks and reduce manual counting mistakes.

Steps

  • Focus Image using OpenCV
  • Canny edge detection to separate objects
  • Normalized object rotation before classification
  • Classified surgical tools using a computer vision model

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