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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 09, 2015
Applicant:

Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;

Inventors:

Wayne R. Dannels, Mentor, OH (US);

Takashi Shigeta, Tochigi, JP;

Assignee:

TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara-shi, Tochigi-Ken, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/565 (2006.01); G01R 33/561 (2006.01); G01R 33/34 (2006.01); G01R 33/385 (2006.01); G01R 33/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/56554 (2013.01); G01R 33/34 (2013.01); G01R 33/385 (2013.01); G01R 33/543 (2013.01); G01R 33/5611 (2013.01); G01R 33/5616 (2013.01);
Abstract

An MRI system according to an embodiment includes an MRI sequence controller and an MRI system controller. Serving as a prescan unit, the MRI sequence controller performs a prescan for acquiring a sensitivity distribution of a coil. Serving as a main scan unit, the MRI sequence controller performs a main scan for acquiring signals of a magnetic resonance image. Serving as a corrector, the MRI system controller corrects the sensitivity distribution in accordance with a distortion that is contained in the magnetic resonance image and that results from the performing of the main scan. Serving as a generator, the MRI system controller generates an output magnetic resonance image using the corrected sensitivity distribution.


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