Sophia Zackrisson is now drawing attention to developing new methods for better breast cancer screening and advanced technology to detect tumors and get a more accurate diagnosis. She uses 3D mammography and artificial intelligence, among other things, the Cancer Foundation writes in a press release.
- I am extremely happy and honored by the award and it is an encouragement to my entire research group that we continue to work for what we believe in - patient-centered research with imaging diagnostics at the center where technology works best with humans to detect breast cancer in time. , says Sophia Zackrisson.
With his research, Zackrisson wants to replace traditional mammography with 3D mammography to find more tumors at an early stage. In her research, computer algorithms are trained and evaluated to examine mammography images. The project also includes measuring the stiffness and oxygen saturation of different tissues to obtain important information about changes in a breast.
This is the fifth time the "Cancer Researcher of the Year" award has been awarded by the Cancer Foundation's Research Committee. The motivation for Sophia Zackrisson's award reads:
"For outstanding research on advanced imaging diagnostics for cancer diseases. Sophia Zackrisson's scientific efforts and systematic development work point to a future where people and computers learn from each other for even better diagnostics of breast cancer, among other things ”.