Healthcare and Life Sciences
Speed, Scale, and Smarter Care: RaySearch Delivers AI-Powered Oncology Breakthroughs
Objective
RaySearch Laboratories is leading the charge in advanced radiotherapy software, enabling oncology departments worldwide to deliver faster, more precise, and more personalized cancer care, powered by NVIDIA-accelerated computing. By combining breakthrough clinical algorithms with the GPU performance of NVIDIA, RaySearch helps meet the rising global demand for high-quality cancer care while supporting staff with workflow automation and state-of-the-art AI.
Customer
RaySearch Laboratories
Use Case
Accelerated Computing Tools & Techniques
Products
Key Takeaways
- Up to 20x Faster Dose Calculations: GPU acceleration enables common clinical tasks to complete in seconds and full plan optimization in minutes.
- 44% Reduction in Active Planning Time: Iridium Network, Belgium's largest radiotherapy provider, saw dramatic time savings using RaySearch automation with NVIDIA technology.
- AI-Driven Automation Scaled to 200,000+ Patients: In 2024 alone, over 200,000 patients benefited from automated image segmentation, delivering faster and more consistent care globally.
Scaling Quality Radiotherapy as Cancer Cases Rise
Cancer incidence continues to increase as populations age, putting unprecedented pressure on the clinical resources. Oncology teams face large and growing patient volumes, yet the workflow for personalized radiotherapy treatment is complex and time‑consuming—often requiring manual steps and hours of specialized work. Clinics urgently need solutions that deliver more consistent, high‑quality treatment with speed, ensuring every patient receives the best possible cancer care regardless of resource constraints.
"When the mission is to help thousands of clinicians deliver individualized therapy for millions of patients, software needs to be ultrafast and precise at every step," said Johan Löf, founder and CEO at RaySearch Laboratories.
RaySearch Laboratories
RaySearch Laboratories
Empowering Clinicians With Instant Insights
RaySearch had already recognized the potential of GPU computing for radiotherapy planning back in 2010. Leveraging NVIDIA® CUDA® and TensorRT™ technologies across its RayStation planning system, RaySearch empowers clinicians to create, optimize, and evaluate treatment plans in minutes rather than hours. Image registration, dose calculations, and advanced planning are now all accelerated, allowing hospitals to run intensive workflows remotely on NVIDIA-powered servers and workstations.
This collaboration extends to AI-driven automation, where RaySearch's deep learning segmentation models, optimized with NVIDIA TensorRT, significantly reduce the manual burden of 3D image delineation.
Additionally, AI-powered planning tools generate optimized treatment plans in minutes. This means clinics can adapt plans quickly to changes in patient anatomy, aligning cutting-edge innovation with everyday clinical needs.
RaySearch Laboratories
Accelerating Patient Care With GPU-Powered Planning
By adopting NVIDIA RTX PROTM GPUs, RaySearch has transformed radiotherapy planning, delivering results up to 20x faster than CPU workflows. RaySearch solutions are typically deployed on servers powered by RTX(TM) 6000 GPUs or dual NVIDIA L40s, with developer workstations powered by RTX 5000 GPUs. Upcoming RTX PRO Blackwell GPUs are expected to provide even greater benefits, especially for workflows such as carbon ion planning that benefit from increased memory sizes.
For complex cases like dual-arc VMAT lung cancer plans, this means optimization and dose calculations are efficiently completed within seconds-dramatically improving clinical speed and precision. Such high performance is also essential for adaptive radiotherapy, which personalizes cancer care by adapting to anatomical changes throughout treatment.
With GPU-accelerated computations, RaySearch helps realize the potential of high-level automated workflows across radiotherapy departments.
As one example, after implementing AI-driven solutions and enhancing automation in its clinical workflows, Iridium Network, Belgium's largest radiotherapy provider, reduced time spent on image segmentation and treatment planning by 44% and 47%, respectively.
Time saved on active planning tasks can be redirected to patient interactions, exploring more plan alternatives per case, or devoting more attention to complex cases. Automation also strengthens department operations, potentially easing staffing pressures and promoting better work-life balance by minimizing routine tasks.
"Our department was able to reduce time spent on image segmentation and treatment planning by 44% and 47%, respectively. That means more focus on patient interaction, more alternatives explored, and ultimately, better care."
Dr. Piet Dirix
Head of Radiotherapy at Iridium Network, Belgium
Driving Personalized, Future-Ready Oncology
For future-ready oncology, treatment planning software alone is not enough. Innovative systems like RayIntelligence and RayCare bring together oncology data, analytics, and workflow automation, while flexible deployment on NVIDIA GPUs helps hospitals reliably scale AI-empowered care on premises and into the cloud.
Together, RaySearch and NVIDIA turn compute into clinical impact: faster movement from imaging to approved plans, smoother adoption of adaptive therapy, and broader access to high-quality treatment.
Learn more about NVIDIA CUDA and NVIDIA RTX PRO GPUs.