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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2016
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Mitsue Miyazaki, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Aiming Lu, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Xiangzhi Zhou, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging method executed in a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment comprises: applying an inversion pulse; executing a subsequent imaging sequence including an RF (Radio Frequency) pulse and a gradient magnetic field concurrently applied with the RF pulse in a slice direction and performing, for a slice position selected by the RF pulse and the gradient magnetic field and during a time period including a null point, data acquisition in a plurality of orientations including a center of a two-dimensional k-space.