Fig. 8
Conventional MRI ankle joint and T2 mapping of a 60-year-old female presenting with longstanding ankle pain and swelling. Sagittal STIR image (a) showing signs of advanced cartilage degeneration in the form of irregularities of the cartilage contour with mild subchondral marrow edema at the dorsal aspect of the tibial side (white arrow). T2 mapping color-coded (b) with post-processing images (c) showing color changes (blue color) with high T2 values (more than 60 ms) at the superficial and deep cartilage layers of dorsal zone of tibial side (black arrow)