Karin Dembrower’s work is highlighted as having a potential international impact on breast radiology practice and patient care in the coming years.

Capio S:t Göran’s Mammography Unit became the first breast center worldwide to replace one of two radiologists with AI, achieving a 4% higher cancer detection rate compared to traditional double reading.

Karin Dembrower, a senior breast radiologist and researcher at Karolinska Institutet, received the AI@KI Award 2025 for her work at the intersection of artificial intelligence and breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.

This AI implementation also reduced reading times by more than 36%, leading to significantly shorter waiting times for patients and faster access to care.

In 2025, she published a high-quality Radiology study introducing a novel AI application in breast cancer screening, showing that AI-only reading and AI panels with human radiologists both yield clinically useful results.

The award was presented at the Advances in Artificial Intelligence at Karolinska Institutet conference, which showcases recent progress in AI-related research.

Her KI research demonstrated that AI can be integrated into breast cancer screening to enhance safety and precision, including both AI-only reading and AI-assisted readings with human radiologists.