"I am fascinated by computer vision because it is so hard to teach a computer to see things the way humans do", says Nico Karssemeijer, Professor of Computer-Aided Diagnosis at Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre. With his team, he creates systems that help radiologists to detect early stages of disease in medical images.

The purpose of breast screening is the early detection of breast cancer. Mammography, the standard method of breast cancer screening, misses many cancers, especially in dense-breasted women. The aim of ASSURE is to develop methods to personalise breast screening, based on breast density, age, gene mutations and family history.