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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2019
Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara, JP;
Shuhei Nitta, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyasu Ichinose, Otawara, JP;
Hiroshi Takai, Nasushiobara, JP;
Naho Imamura, Nasushiobara, JP;
Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara, JP;
Abstract
An MRI apparatus includes imaging control circuitry that performs shimming imaging for collecting a first MR signal, and multi-slice imaging for collecting a second MR signal along with radiation of a non-region-selective prepulse, and processing circuitry that generates static magnetic field distributions of the slices, determines a first center frequency of an RF pulse corresponding to each slice and a second center frequency of the prepulse based on the static magnetic field distribution, and determines an order of slices for collecting the second MR signal in accordance with the first and/or second center frequencies, wherein the imaging control circuitry performs the multi-slice imaging in accordance with the order and the first and second center frequencies.