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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
May. 01, 2019
Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara, JP;
Takeshi Obara, Otawara, JP;
Hidetaka Konta, Utsunomiya, JP;
Shinya Ozawa, Nasushiobara, JP;
Yoshimori Kassai, Nasushiobara, JP;
CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara, JP;
Abstract
In one embodiment, an MRI apparatus includes a memory storing a predetermined program and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry configured, by executing the predetermined program, to generate a first image based on first data acquired from an object with Ultrashort TE (UTE), generate a second image based on second data acquired from the object with non-UTE, generate a mask image from the second image, and perform mask processing, by using the mask image, to remove or reduce an undesired signal around the object depicted in the first image.