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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-Shi, Tochigi-Ken, JP;
Inventors:
Mitsue Miyazaki, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Shigehide Kuhara, Otawara, JP;
Assignee:
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara-Shi, Tochigi-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/029 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/385 (2006.01); A61B 5/0402 (2006.01); A61B 5/026 (2006.01); G01R 33/563 (2006.01); G01R 33/56 (2006.01); G01R 33/54 (2006.01); G01R 33/483 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/029 (2013.01); A61B 5/0037 (2013.01); A61B 5/0263 (2013.01); A61B 5/0402 (2013.01); A61B 5/7271 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01); G01R 33/385 (2013.01); G01R 33/5635 (2013.01); G01R 33/56366 (2013.01); G01R 33/4833 (2013.01); G01R 33/543 (2013.01); G01R 33/5601 (2013.01); G01R 33/5608 (2013.01);
Abstract
An MRI apparatus includes an imaging data acquiring unit and a blood flow information generating unit. The imaging data acquiring unit acquires imaging data from an imaging region including myocardium, without using a contrast medium, by applying a spatial selective excitation pulse to a region including at least a part of an ascending aorta for distinguishably displaying inflowing blood flowing into the imaging region. The blood flow information generating unit generates blood flow image data based on the imaging data.