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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2016
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-Shi, JP;
Hiroki Kondo, Nasushiobara, JP;
Shinya Ozawa, Nasushiobara, JP;
Masaaki Umeda, Sakura, JP;
Yoshimori Kassai, Nasushiobara, JP;
Naoyuki Takabayashi, Otawara, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-Shi, JP;
Abstract
In one embodiment, an MRI apparatus, includes a static magnetic field magnet configured to generate a static magnetic field, a gradient coil configured to generate a gradient magnetic field, a transmission and reception coil configured to transmit an RF signal and receive a magnetic resonance signal, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry determines whether or not a prescan for calculating a correction value that corrects a phase error is skippable or reducible based on an imaging condition of a main scan, and executes a scan including at least the main scan in accordance with a result of the determination.