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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2015
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-Shi, Tochigi-Ken, JP;
Hiroshi Hayakawa, Tochigi, JP;
Tomoyuki Yoshida, Tochigi, JP;
Sadanori Tomiha, Tochigi, JP;
Kazuyuki Soejima, Tochigi, JP;
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara-shi, Tochigi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
In one embodiment, an MRI apparatus includes receiving coils each including an A/D converter configured to convert an MR signal received from an object into a digital signal by sampling the MR signal, a clock generation circuit configured to generate a reference clock of the sampling, and a radio transmission circuit configured to wirelessly transmit a digitized MR signal; and a main body configured to wirelessly receive the digitized MR signal and generate an image of the object by reconstructing the digitized MR signal, wherein one of the receiving coils selected as a reference receiving coil by the main body is configured to transmit the reference clock to each of other receiving coils by radio or by wire; and each of the other receiving coils is configured to synchronize the reference clock generated by the clock generation circuit with the reference clock transmitted from the reference receiving coil.