Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080252292 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE DIAGNOSING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A magnetic resonance diagnosing apparatus includes an imaging unit which images each slice image of a subject in relation to a plurality of different imaging slices, a measurement unit which measures a magnetic resonance spectrum of the subject in relation to a measurement slice, a selection unit which selects slice images corresponding to one or more imaging slices which at least partially overlap the measurement slice from the plurality of slice images, and a creation unit which creates a display image which simultaneously shows the selected one or more slice images and the spectral image. | 10-16-2008 |
20090124885 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD - A apparatus includes a collection unit which collects a magnetic resonance signal, a unit which controls the collection unit in such a manner that pre-scan is executed in regard to pre-scan slices determined as some of main scan slices, a calculation unit which calculates correction amounts based on data concerning the pre-scan slices obtained by the pre-scan, an estimation unit which estimates a correction amount concerning each slice other the pre-scan slices in the main scan slices based on the correction amounts, and a unit which controls the collection unit in such a manner that each of the main scan slices is scanned while involving correction of each slice that is the pre-scan target with the correction amount thereof calculated by the calculation unit and while involving correction of each slice that is not the pre-scan target with the correction amount thereof estimated by the estimation unit. | 05-14-2009 |
20100308819 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an acquiring unit and a generating unit. The acquiring unit performs compensation of a control waveform of a radio-frequency wave based on “an output waveform of a radio-frequency wave from an amplifier before the compensation” so that an intended output waveform of a radio-frequency wave for generating a spatially non-selective radio-frequency magnetic field is outputted from the amplifier, and acquires a magnetic resonance signal using the control waveform of a radio-frequency wave after the compensation. The generating unit generates image data based on the magnetic resonance signal. | 12-09-2010 |
20110037466 | Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and magnetic resonance imaging method - A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit which applies a labeling pulse to invert a spin included in a labeling region within part of a imaging region and then collects a echo signal from a time point when an inversion time has passed from the application of the labeling pulse, and a control unit, the control unit controlling the imaging unit so that the echo signal in the imaging region is collected a plurality of times with variations in the inversion time, the control unit also controlling the imaging unit so that a time ranging from a reference time point within a biological signal obtained from a subject to the application of the labeling pulse is a time determined in accordance with the inversion time. | 02-17-2011 |
20110101980 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes; an imaging area setting unit configured to set an imaging area for a patient according to an imaging condition; an excitation angle determination unit configured to collect magnetic resonance signals from the imaging area by a pre-scan and to determine, on the basis of the collected magnetic resonance signal, an optimal excitation angle of a radio-frequency magnetic field for use in an imaging scan; and an imaging unit configured to acquire imaging data by carrying out the imaging scan of the set imaging area for the patient applying the radio-frequency magnetic field with the determined optimal excitation angle. | 05-05-2011 |
20110121829 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes an imaging unit configured to carry out magnetic resonance imaging of a patient using a transmitting QD coil which allows at least one of phase and amplitude of a radio-frequency transmit pulse on at least one input channel of the transmitting QD coil to be adjusted independently of each other, and an adjustment unit configured to adjust at least one of the phase and the amplitude of the radio-frequency transmit pulse according to imaging conditions. | 05-26-2011 |
20110267055 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - According to a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment, a Radio Frequency (RF) pulse applying unit applies to a subject a flip pulse for exciting spin of nuclei inside a subject body, and a flop pulse for refocusing the phase of the spin. A gradient magnetic-field applying unit applies a spoiler gradient magnetic field onto the subject after the flop pulse is applied, and applies a rewind gradient magnetic field before applying the flop pulse. A control unit executes a pulse sequence of controlling the gradient magnetic-field applying unit so as to keep each of the strengths of the spoiler gradient magnetic field and the rewind gradient magnetic field at respective predetermined values or higher with respect to each of a plurality of slice encodings. | 11-03-2011 |
20110291651 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD - A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes an executing unit, a calculating unit, and a correcting unit. The executing unit executes a pre-scan while using a pulse sequence by which a plurality of echo signals are collected. The calculating unit calculates a phase difference between at least two echo signals of which a fluctuation of phase differences is stable and that are selected out of the plurality of echo signals collected during the pre-scan and are selected while excluding echo signals collected during an initial time period. The correcting unit that corrects a pulse sequence used for a main scan, based on the phase difference calculated by the calculating unit. | 12-01-2011 |
20110291653 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes an executing unit, a calculating unit, and a correcting unit. The executing unit executes a first pre-scan in which a readout gradient magnetic field and a phase encoding gradient magnetic field are not applied and sampling gradient magnetic fields is applied in a phase encoding direction and a second pre-scan in which the readout gradient magnetic field is not applied, the sampling gradient magnetic field is applied at the same echo signal as that in the first pre-scan, and a representative phase encoding gradient magnetic field in a main scan. The calculating unit calculates the amount of correction from phase differences between the echo signals collected by the first pre-scan and between the echo signals collected by the second pre-scan. The correcting unit corrects the pulse sequence for the main scan on the basis of the calculated amount of correction. | 12-01-2011 |
20120001632 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE CONTRAST - A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a data acquisition unit and an image data generating unit. The data acquisition unit acquires MR signals for imaging by an imaging scan with a frequency-selective or slice-selective radio frequency intermediate pulse for controlling a contrast and a spoiler gradient magnetic field for suppressing unnecessary signal component after applying at least one of radio frequency excitation pulses. The image data generating unit generates image data based on the magnetic resonance signals. | 01-05-2012 |
20120019251 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD, MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL DEVICE OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an MRI apparatus includes a signal acquisition unit, an image generating unit, a position acquiring unit, and a correction unit. The signal acquisition unit acquires a magnetic resonance signal produced from an object by applying a gradient magnetic field and an RF pulse in an imaging space where the object is placed. The image generating unit reconstructs image data on the object based on the magnetic resonance signal. The position acquiring unit acquires an imaging region as positional information in the imaging space. The correction unit brings a distribution of the gradient magnetic field close to a target distribution by transforming a waveform of the gradient magnetic field based on “the positional information and a time constant of an eddy-current magnetic field” to cancel the eddy-current magnetic field. | 01-26-2012 |
20120249143 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - In a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to one embodiment, an executing unit executes a first pre-scan and a second pre-scan, each being a pre-scan in which readout gradient magnetic fields and slice direction gradient magnetic fields are applied in an identical manner to a pulse sequence for main-scanning and in which phase encode gradient magnetic fields are applied in an identical manner to the pulse sequence for main-scanning up to just before echoes used in calculating a correction amount, and each having different predetermined imaging parameters; a calculating unit calculates, as a correction amount, an amount of phase shifting by referring to phase differences present in a plurality of echo signals that are collected during the first pre-scan and the second pre-scan; and a correcting unit corrects the pulse sequence for main-scanning based on the correction amount calculated by the calculating unit. | 10-04-2012 |
20130181714 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a controller and an image reconstruction unit. The controller executes a pulse sequence having spare time during the time after transient of a gradient magnetic field for dephasing, applied in a readout direction after a radio frequency (RF) pulse for excitation is applied, until the first RF pulse for refocusing is applied in the case where imaging based on a fast spin echo method is performed. The image reconstruction unit reconstructs an image from magnetic resonance data collected by executing the pulse sequence. | 07-18-2013 |
20140055140 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to carry out magnetic resonance imaging of a patient using a transmitting QD coil that allows at least one of phase and amplitude of a radio-frequency transmit pulse on at least one input channel of the transmitting QD coil to be adjusted independently of each other, and an adjustment unit arranged to adjust at least one of the phase and the amplitude of the radio-frequency transmit pulse according to imaging conditions. | 02-27-2014 |