Vara collaborates with researchers at Karolinska Institutet for independent AI evaluation

Vara, the Berlin-based deep tech startup on a mission to provide every woman worldwide with life-saving access to better breast cancer screening, is today announcing a collaboration with researchers from Sweden's world-renowned medical university Karolinska Institutet. The objective of the collaboration is to independently evaluate Vara's AI model for mammography screening, including comparisons with other similar AI systems. Following publication, the results will be used in the creation of a platform to validate AI systems being used in breast imaging, known as the VAI-B Platform (Validation of AI in Breast Imaging). The VAI-B Platform is part of a Swedish-born project financed by Vinnova, Sweden's innovation agency, and Regional Cancer Centers in Collaboration. It is intended to be used as a national and, possibly, international resource for the validation of AI systems in breast imaging.