Colorectal cancer: Current imaging methods and future perspectives for the diagnosis, staging and therapeutic response evaluation

Figure 6 An automated software (mint Lesion^®, Mint Medical GmbH, Heidelberg, Gemany) used at our Institution for tumor treatment response evaluation. A: Computed tomography images show liver metastasis in a patient with colorectal cancer on nine follow-up examinations; B: Graphical evaluation depicts the measurement of the lesion standardized throughout the whole staging period consisting of baseline (BL) and nine follow up assessments (1-9). Tumor response is evaluated according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors.