Fig. 5: Visual comparison of positron emission tomography (PET) images.

Human subjects and NCM phantoms compared (left and right, respectively) for a bulky lymphoma tumours, b salivary glands, and c small-diameter prostate cancer metastases. The prostate cancer metastases have diameters of 16 mm and 12 mm, respectively (sphere concentration = 57.6 kBq/mL, background concentration = 1.5 kBq/mL).