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          <p>BreastScreening-AI is an IST-origin, research-backed project building human-centered AI for breast imaging. The project is being developed as research software and decision-support infrastructure, with progressive validation before any regulated clinical use.</p>
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              <details open><summary>What is BreastScreening-AI?</summary><p>BreastScreening-AI is a human-centered AI project for breast imaging. It aims to support radiologists with multimodal image review, AI-assisted second reading, explainable interaction and workflow measurement.</p></details>
              <details><summary>Does the system replace radiologists?</summary><p>No. The product principle is that AI should strengthen, not replace, clinical judgement. A qualified clinician remains responsible for interpretation, diagnosis and patient management.</p></details>
              <details><summary>Which imaging modalities are relevant?</summary><p>The project focuses on mammography, ultrasound and MRI because breast-imaging pathways often require more than one modality. Mammography supports population screening, ultrasound supports targeted characterization, and MRI supports selected high-sensitivity or complex-case assessment.</p></details>
              <details><summary>Is BreastScreening-AI already a certified medical device?</summary><p>The public pages describe research software and progressive validation. They should not be read as regulatory clearance, clinical authorization or permission for routine diagnostic use.</p></details>
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              <details><summary>What workflow problem is the project trying to solve?</summary><p>The project addresses diagnostic uncertainty, avoidable callbacks, multimodal fragmentation, reader workload and the need for traceable human-AI decisions in breast imaging.</p></details>
              <details><summary>How would a clinician interact with the AI?</summary><p>The intended workflow distinguishes the clinician's initial review, the AI recommendation, and the clinician's final decision. This preserves override, accountability and auditability.</p></details>
              <details><summary>Why does the website emphasize false positives?</summary><p>False positives can create additional imaging, biopsies, patient anxiety and operational cost. The site discusses this as a workflow and economic issue, while avoiding claims that BreastScreening-AI has already reduced these costs in routine care.</p></details>
              <details><summary>What should hospitals measure in a pilot?</summary><p>Useful pilot measures include recall rate, benign biopsy volume, reader time, decision changes, disagreement, usability, workload, trust, false negatives, interval cancers where available, and implementation cost.</p></details>
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              <details><summary>What evidence currently supports the project?</summary><p>The evidence base includes peer-reviewed human-AI studies, multimodal imaging research, interaction-design studies, patent families, student-led academic work, and exploratory clinical-integration activities. Each result must be interpreted within its own study design and sample.</p></details>
              <details><summary>Can the figures from different studies be combined?</summary><p>No. Results from controlled studies, exploratory pilots, proposal targets and business models should not be statistically combined unless the study designs, populations and endpoints support that analysis.</p></details>
              <details><summary>Where can I see the scientific work?</summary><p>The curated bibliography is available on the <a href="publications.html">Publications</a> page. It includes project-relevant work rather than every publication by every associated author.</p></details>
              <details><summary>What is the role of the claims register?</summary><p>The claims register tracks numerical, clinical, regulatory and partnership statements so public content can remain accurate, source-backed and appropriately qualified.</p></details>
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              <details><summary>Does the website collect medical information?</summary><p>The public website is informational. Contact forms, analytics, newsletter tools or support tools may process ordinary web and contact data. Medical images or patient records should not be submitted through public website channels.</p></details>
              <details><summary>How is clinical data handled in research activities?</summary><p>Clinical research activities should use approved protocols, anonymization or pseudonymization where applicable, access controls, and institution-specific governance. Exact arrangements depend on the site, study and ethics approval.</p></details>
              <details><summary>Does BreastScreening-AI provide medical advice?</summary><p>No. Website content is not medical advice, diagnosis, treatment recommendation or emergency support. Patients should contact qualified healthcare professionals for clinical questions.</p></details>
              <details><summary>Where are the legal documents?</summary><p>See the <a href="media/legal/breastscreeningai_terms_and_conditions.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Terms</a>, <a href="media/legal/breastscreeningai_privacy_policy.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Privacy Policy</a>, <a href="media/legal/breastscreeningai_cookie_policy.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cookie Policy</a> and <a href="media/legal/breastscreeningai_disclaimer.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Disclaimer</a>.</p></details>
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              <details><summary>Is BreastScreening-AI a spin-off from IST?</summary><p>BreastScreening-AI can be described as a research-origin spin-off emerging from Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa. Public wording should remain aligned with the current intellectual-property and licensing status.</p></details>
              <details><summary>Who can collaborate with the project?</summary><p>Potential collaborators include hospitals, imaging centers, research groups, PACS or imaging-technology teams, clinical-validation partners, regulatory specialists and health-economic evaluators.</p></details>
              <details><summary>How should partnerships be described publicly?</summary><p>Use precise categories such as clinical site, research collaborator, proposal consortium, technology environment or commercial partner. Avoid implying endorsement, deployment or signed partnership unless written evidence supports it.</p></details>
              <details><summary>How can I contact the team?</summary><p>Email <a href="mailto:info@breastscreeningai.com">info@breastscreeningai.com</a> for collaboration, validation, documentation or business enquiries.</p></details>
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