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Figure 2.   Normal nerve appearance at MR imaging. Axial T1-weighted (repetition time msec/echo time msec = 500/20) MR image of the upper thigh shows the normal sciatic nerve (arrows) with small circular low-signal-intensity areas (arrowheads) surrounded by a background of mildly higher-signal-intensity areas representing the fascicular structure of the normal nerve.