CARMEN is intended to generate a common scenario in radiotherapy research.

CARMEN is a MatLab built platform that provides the necessary tools to accurately planning and evaluate RT treatments. The new tool enables fair treatment comparison and valid research results, by addressing image processing and image resolution aspects in a transparent and controllable manner.

A comprehensive approach to the simulation scenario would include a geometric reconstruction of the Linear Accelerator (LINAC) head and the beam modifiers, in order to consider the secondary particles that eventually will reach the patient. This comprehensive methodology has been coined full Monte Carlo (fMC) and it is expected to provide the most accurate dosimetry. Though there exist other MC tools related to dosimetry and treatment evaluation, there are just a few that allow fMC treatment planning research. Moreover, CARMEN offers fMC verification of complex radiotherapy treatments as well as two treatment planning methodologies: an inverse planning from phase space data, and an innovative aperture-based algorithm.