A surgical training device is provided. The training device includes a model for practicing the passage of needle and suture. The model includes a base with a plurality of openings configured to receive a plurality of suture tabs. The suture tabs are made of elastomeric material. Some suture tabs includes pre-formed tab apertures for the passage of a suture. Other suture tabs include a penetrable area through which a suture needle may penetrate for passing a suture. The suture tabs are movable with respect to the base to orientate them at different angles with respect to the base. The base itself may include portions that are angled with respect to each other. The suture tabs are movable with respect to the base to pull, expose or open the tab apertures and surfaces. Some of the tab apertures are slits that open upon being pulled relative to the base requiring the user to practice holding the tab while passing the needle through the tab.

The invention relates to a method for registering a 3D medical image obtained by an X-ray imaging system with a registration phantom (1), wherein the registration phantom (1) is positioned onto the patient and comprises a set of radiopaque fiducials (10) having a known position in a coordinate system of said registration phantom (1), said set of radiopaque fiducials not being detectable in the 3D image, the method comprising the steps of:obtaining at least two 2D X-ray images acquired by the X-ray imaging system wherein at least one radiopaque fiducial (10) of the registration phantom (1) is detectable in each 2D image;for each of said at least two 2D images, registering the 2D X-ray image with the registration phantom (1) by detecting and determining the position of the at least one radiopaque fiducial (10) in the respective 2D image;-registering each of said at least two 2D X-ray images with the 3D image using an image-to-image registration technique;registering the registration phantom (1) with the 3D medical image using said at least two 2D X-ray images.