Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Canon Medical Systems Corporation

Yoshitomo Sakakura

Hidekazu Tanaka

Kazuto Nogami

Masateru Iwasa

Masatoshi Yamashita

Tomoyuki Yoshida

Fumitoshi Kojima

Takahiro Ishihara

Kohei Adachi

Taketo Kawakami

Tetsuya Kobayashi

Makoto Sato

Kazuya Okamoto

Shigehide Kuhara

Satoshi Sugiura

Sadanori Tomiha

Masao Yui

Hiromitsu Takamori

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Masatoshi Hanawa

Koji Kitamura

Hiroshi Kusahara

Hiromi Kawamoto

Masafumi Kondo

Yutaka Kato

Kazuhiko Tsujita

Motohisa Yokoi

Shohei Takami

Takuma Kawai

Yasutake Yasuhara

Yasuhiro Uosaki

Takashi Yanashima

Yukiko Nishikawa

Kunio Watanabe

A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment is a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus including a gradient coil unit configured to generate a gradient magnetic field in an imaging space in which a subject is placed. The gradient coil unit includes a cooling layer configured to cool the gradient coil. The cooling layer includes a first cooling pipe configured to cool the gradient coil entirely and a second cooling pipe configured to locally cool the gradient coil.

Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus

In one embodiment, an MRI apparatus includes: a scanner that is provided with at least an RF coil and a gradient coil and is configured to acquire a magnetic resonance (MR) signal emitted from an object in response to applications of an RF pulse outputted from the RF coil and a gradient magnetic field generated by the gradient coli; and processing circuitry configured to reconstruct a diagnostic image of the object based on the MR signal, generate distortion correction data for correcting a non-linear characteristic of the gradient magnetic field to a linear characteristic that is defined by gradient magnetic field strength at a correction position away from a magnetic field center of the gradient coil and distance from the magnetic field center to the correction position, and correct the diagnostic image by using the distortion correction data.

MRI apparatus, image processing apparatus, and MRI method

A gradient coil according to an embodiment is configured to generate gradient magnetic fields along a plurality of axes in an imaging space in which a subject is imaged. The gradient coil includes a coil corresponding to at least one of the plurality of axes, wherein an electrically-conductive member of the coil is formed so as to be partitioned in a thickness direction by a plurality of electrically-insulative layers.

Gradient coil

According to one embodiment, a gradient coil unit for a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes gradient coils for forming gradient magnetic fields in mutually orthogonal three axis directions. At least one of the gradient coils includes a conductor part along a coil pattern and a holding part holding the coil pattern. A passage of a coolant is formed inside at least one of the conductor part and the holding part. The passage has a non-constant cross section.

MRI gradient coil having non-uniform coolant passageway within gradient coil conductor

A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a static field magnet, a gradient coil and a shim housing box. The static field magnet generates a static magnetic field in a space within a substantially cylindrical hollow. The gradient coil is provided inside the static field magnet and generates a gradient magnetic field. The shim housing box is capable of housing a metallic shim, the shim housing box being formed into a shape such that an attractive force of the static magnetic field applied to the shim housing box under magnetic excitation becomes smaller than a predetermined threshold.

Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and gradient coil

A gradient coil according to an embodiment includes a saddle coil conductor part that is formed of a conductive material to have a substantially cylindrical shape. The conductor part includes a first region on which a spiral shaped first pattern is formed and a second region on which a second pattern different from the spiral shaped first pattern is formed.

Gradient coil and magnetic resonance imaging device

A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a gradient coil configured to generate a gradient magnetic field in an image taking space. The gradient coil includes: a first coil member formed by using a first metal that is non-magnetic; and a second coil member connected to the first coil member and formed by using a second metal that is different from the first metal and is non-magnetic.

A gradient magnetic-field coil according to an embodiment includes multiple units of coil members and a connecting member. In each of the coil members, a coil pattern is formed with a first nonmagnetic metal. The connecting member connects the coil members with each other. Moreover, at least a part of the connecting member is formed with a second nonmagnetic metal that is different from the first nonmagnetic metal.

Gradient magnetic-field coil and magnetic-resonance imaging apparatus

A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes an RF coil and an RF shield. The RF coil is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape. The RF shield is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape and is disposed on an outer circumferential side of the RF coil. The RF shield is provided with a plurality of slits that are in a form of a line extending in an axial direction and having an asymmetrical length in the axial direction with respect to a center in the axial direction and are disposed so as to alternately switch positions thereof in the axial direction along a circumferential direction.

Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus including RF shield including slits

A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a static magnetic field magnet and a gradient coil. The static magnetic field magnet generates a static magnetic field. The gradient coil is provided on an inside of the static magnetic field magnet and includes an X coil, a Y coil and a Z coil. The X coil generates a gradient magnetic field along a horizontal axis of a substantially circular cylinder, the horizontal axis being perpendicular to a long axis. The Y coil generates a gradient magnetic field along a vertical axis of the substantially circular cylinder. The Z coil generates a gradient magnetic field along the long axis of the substantially circular cylinder. In the gradient coil, coils are laminated in such a manner that the X coil is positioned more distant from a magnetic field center than the Y coil is.

According to one embodiment, a magnetic field adjustment implement for a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a magnetic field adjustment unit and a placing unit. The magnetic field adjustment unit is configured to improve a uniformity of a static magnetic field formed by a magnet of the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus. The static magnetic field is formed under an influence of a circumstance in a shield room in which the magnet is placed. The magnetic field adjustment is placed outside the magnet. The placing unit is configured to place the magnetic field adjustment unit outside the magnet.

Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, magnetic field adjustment implement for magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, magnetic resonance imaging method, and method of adjusting magnetic field for magnetic resonance imaging apparatus

According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit and a shield. The imaging unit is configured to perform magnetic resonance imaging of an object by transmitting a radio frequency signal from a radio frequency coil while magnetic fields are formed by a gradient coil and a superconducting magnet respectively. The shield is configured to form a gradient magnetic field for the magnetic resonance imaging with the gradient coil and to prevent ingress of heat into the superconducting magnet.

Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and magnet for magnetic resonance imaging apparatus

A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a gradient coil and a coil cooling pipe. The gradient coil applies a gradient magnetic field onto a subject placed in a static magnetic field. The coil cooling pipe is provided to the gradient coil, and cools the gradient coil by circulating a coolant inside pipe. The coil cooling pipe is provided so as to extend from one end of the gradient coil in the direction toward the other end, then to bend, and to return to the one end along the shape of the gradient coil.

A magnetic resonance diagnostic apparatus is configured in such a manner that: a high-frequency transmission coil transmits a high-frequency electromagnetic wave at a magnetic resonance frequency to an examined subject; a heating coil performs a heating process by radiating a high-frequency electromagnetic wave onto the examined subject at a frequency different from the magnetic resonance frequency; based on a magnetic resonance signal, a measuring unit measures the temperature of the examined subject changing due to the high-frequency electromagnetic wave radiated by the heating coil; and a control unit exercises control so that the measuring unit measures the temperature while the heating coil is performing the heating process, by ensuring that the transmission of the high-frequency electromagnetic wave by the high-frequency transmission coil and the radiation of the high-frequency electromagnetic wave by the heating coil are performed in parallel.

Magnetic resonance diagnostic apparatus

According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a static magnetic-field generating unit, a gradient magnetic-field generating unit, a plurality of metal shim plates in a plate shape, and a shim holding unit. The metal shim plates adjust uniformity of the static magnetic field. The shim holding unit holds the metal shim plates in a layered state. Each of the metal shim plates includes a convex having a certain angle at a certain position, and the metal shim plates are layered such that the convex of each one metal shim plate comes into contact with a back of the bent convex of another metal shim plate.

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Nasushiobara, Japan

Yoshitomo Sakakura