Fig. 2From: CT-based skeletal muscle loss for predicting poor survival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma experiencing curative hepatectomy plus adjuvant transarterial chemoembolization: a preliminary retrospective studySkeletal muscle loss marked by green mask over 171Â days in a 52-year-old man with a single moderate differentiated HCC lesion. a Preoperative skeletal muscle index (SMI) on axial CT image at the L3 level was 46.97 cm2/m2. b Postoperative SMI at the same plane on CT image was 40.82 cm2/m2Back to article page