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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurosurgery. 2009 Oct;65(4 Suppl):A29–A43. doi: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000351279.78110.00

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Nerve water compartments. MR pulse sequences can be optimized to detect water signal arising in one of several compartments. Important nerve water components with unique characteristics for MRI include the endoneurial fluid, axoplasmic water, organelle water and myelin associated water.