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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2014
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-Shi, Tochigi-Ken, JP;
Shinya Ozawa, Otawara, JP;
Kazuya Tanoue, Utsunomiya, JP;
Yoshiteru Watanabe, Nasushiobara, JP;
Yoshinari Morita, Utsunomiya, JP;
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara-Shi, Tochigi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an MRI apparatus () includes a profile data generation unit () and a judging unit (). The profile data generation unit generates a plurality of profile data that respectively correspond to a plurality of coil elements and indicate reception intensity distributions of nuclear magnetic resonance signals. The profile data are generated on the basis of the nuclear magnetic resonance signals from an object detected by the plurality of coil elements of each of a first RF coil device () and a second RF coil device (). The judging unit judges at least one coil element effective for magnetic resonance imaging in each of the first RF coil device and the second RF coil device, by performing analysis of the plurality of profile data in which the first RF coil device and the second RF coil device are separately analyzed.