Two mostleft panels: equatorial and polar 1D profiles for a CAT3D-WIND simulated galaxy image at 8 μm with the typical resolutions of our mid-IR observations. The model parameters are: a compact disk – extended wind, “thin” geometry with f_wd = 0.6 at i = 45°. The dashed and dashed-dotted lines are the fit unresolved and extended components, respectively, and the solid lines the sum of both. Two mostright panels: mid-IR fiducial model image and the PSF-subtracted model image, respectively.