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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2015
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-Shi, Tochigi-Ken, JP;
Shigehide Kuhara, Tochigi, JP;
Shuhei Nitta, Tokyo, JP;
Taichiro Shiodera, Tokyo, JP;
Yukinobu Sakata, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoyuki Takeguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara-Shi, Tochigi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A magnetic resonance apparatus of the present embodiment includes: a gantry which includes a static field magnet, a gradient coil and an RF coil to image an object; processing circuitry; a memory that stores processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to detect at least one position of an aortic valve and a pulmonary valve from three-dimensional image data including a heart of the object, as at least one characteristic region inside the heart, specify a position of an imaging cross-section substantially orthogonal to a bloodstream path inside the heart based on the position of the aortic valve or the pulmonary valve, and cause the gantry to image the imaging cross-section of the object at the specified position of the imaging cross-section.