Figure 1.

Heterogeneity in an FDG-PET image. A typical FDG-PET image of a cancer of the uterine cervix. The artificial boundary delineates the region of activity above the 40% of maximum intensity threshold. The heterogeneity within the tumor is evidenced by the very bright regions (higher metabolic activity) juxtaposed with relatively dark regions (lower metabolic activity). The undelineated bright spot to the right is a lymph node and is thus not included in the main tumor volume. The vertical edge of this image represents a length of 10 cm.