General Electric Company

Ge Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC

Yusuke Asaba

Takashi Ishiguro

Mitsuhiro Bekku

Miho Nagasawa

Yuya Mizobe

Kiyoshi Murakami

Mina Iwama

Ken Arai

Yasuyuki Innami

Janeiro Aguilar

Shohei Kimoto

A magnetic resonance apparatus configured to select a coil mode that includes a combination of coil elements to be used when a subject is scanned from within a plurality of coil elements and configured to execute a predetermined scan for acquiring data on the subject using the selected coil mode is provided. The magnetic resonance apparatus includes a coil device having n coil modes, a selecting unit configured to select, from within the n coil modes, a candidate for the selected coil mode, a scanning unit configured to execute a first scan for acquiring the data on the subject using the candidate, and a sensitivity map preparing unit configured to prepare a sensitivity map of the candidate based on data obtained by the first scan.

Magnetic resonance apparatus and method for preparing a sensitivity map

A communication method is provided. The communication method includes generating a pseudo background sound signal based on a gradient pulse control signal, performing a computation of subtracting the pseudo background sound signal from an acoustic signal having a sound signal and a background sound signal including a gradient coil drive sound signal, the acoustic signal obtained by an input device configured to receive the voice of a subject, and outputting sound based on a result of the computation, wherein a parameter of generating the pseudo background sound signal is controlled to reduce the difference resulting from the subtraction.

Communication method, communication system, and magnetic resonance apparatus

A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a bore configured to accommodate a subject therein, an RF coil positioned about the bore, and an RF shield positioned about the RF coil. The RF coil includes a first portion positioned adjacent a lower surface side of the bore and spaced a distance from the RF shield that is larger than a distance between a second portion of the RF coil and an upper surface side of the bore.

Birdcage coil for magnetic resonance imaging apparatus

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Tokyo, Japan

Yusuke Asaba