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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2017
Applicant:
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Inventor:
Kazuhiro Sueoka, Otawara, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/50 (2006.01); G01R 33/48 (2006.01); G01R 33/54 (2006.01); G01R 33/56 (2006.01); G01R 33/561 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/50 (2013.01); G01R 33/4816 (2013.01); G01R 33/546 (2013.01); G01R 33/5602 (2013.01); G01R 33/5616 (2013.01);
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes sequence control circuitry and processing circuitry. The sequence control circuitry executes a first pulse sequence to acquire multiple sets of data with different echo times (TEs), the first pulse sequence being a pulse sequence of an ultrashort echo time (UTE) imaging technique and being a multi-echo pulse sequence. The processing circuitry derives a value of a TE (Echo Time) in a second pulse sequence executed by the sequence control circuitry based on the multiple sets of data.