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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Masaaki Umeda, Sakura, Tochigi, JP;
Inventor:
Masaaki Umeda, Sakura, Tochigi, JP;
Assignee:
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara-Shi, Tochigi-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/54 (2006.01); G01R 33/561 (2006.01); G01R 33/565 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/543 (2013.01); G01R 33/5617 (2013.01); G01R 33/56518 (2013.01);
Abstract
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.