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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2016
Applicant:
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Inventors:
Mitsue Miyazaki, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Xiangzhi Zhou, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Assignee:
Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/56 (2006.01); G01R 33/485 (2006.01); G01R 33/483 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/485 (2013.01); G01R 33/4835 (2013.01);
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes sequence control circuitry. The sequence control circuitry applies an MT (Magnetization Transfer) pulse over a plurality of slices under a gradient magnetic field and configured to apply, for each of the plurality of slices to which the MT pulse is applied, an RF pulse having a frequency corresponding to a resonance frequency of certain protons in each of the plurality of slices.