Distribution of the MILCANN map (top panel) and MILCANN noise simulation (bottom panel) pixels as a function of Q_N and normalized intensity, y_σ. The colors show the number of pixels in logarithmic scale. To display the large dynamical range of the y axis, we divided the axis into two log scales with a “regular” log scale for small Q_N values and an “inverted” log scale for large Q_N values.