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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2007
Applicants:
Tokunori Kimura, Yaita, JP;
Masato Ikedo, Otawara, JP;
Inventors:
Tokunori Kimura, Yaita, JP;
Masato Ikedo, Otawara, JP;
Assignee:
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara-Shi, Tochigi-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/50 (2006.01); G01R 33/56 (2006.01); G01R 33/561 (2006.01); G01R 33/563 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 5/417 (2013.01); A61B 5/489 (2013.01); G01R 33/5635 (2013.01); G01R 33/50 (2013.01); G01R 33/5601 (2013.01); G01R 33/5607 (2013.01); G01R 33/5608 (2013.01); G01R 33/5616 (2013.01); G01R 33/56308 (2013.01);
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an acquisition unit which acquires first data in which a tissue of interest has higher signal intensity than a background and second data in which the tissue of interest has lower signal intensity than the background, with regard to images of the same region of the same subject, and a generation unit which generates, on the basis of the first data and the second data, third data in which the contrast of the tissue of interest to the background is higher than those in the first and second data.