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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
May. 19, 2015
Applicant:
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara-Shi, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/483 (2006.01); G01R 33/54 (2006.01); G01R 33/56 (2006.01); G01R 33/34 (2006.01); G01R 33/48 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/4835 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 5/407 (2013.01); G01R 33/34092 (2013.01); G01R 33/4822 (2013.01); G01R 33/543 (2013.01); G01R 33/5608 (2013.01); G01R 33/546 (2013.01);
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processor and memory. The memory stores processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to extract, based on a plurality of sagittal images at least including an intervertebral disk of a subject, an intervertebral disk region spanning across the plurality of sagittal images from spines visualized in the plurality of sagittal images; and set an imaging region of an intervertebral disk image based on the intervertebral disk region.