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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1991
Yoshio Machida, Nishinasunomachi, JP;
Masahiko Hatanaka, Nishinasunomachi, JP;
Shinichi Kitane, Ootawara, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An MRI system includes static and gradient field generators for respectively generating static and gradient fields to be applied to an object, a radio-frequency (RF) field transmitter/receiver for transmitting and receiving an RF field, a sequence controller for applying the gradient field and the RF field to the object at a predetermined timing while the object is being applied with the static field, thereby causing a predetermined MR phenomenon, a signal processor for performing predetermined processing of MR signal data detected through the RF field transmitter/receiver to obtain an MR image, and a display for displaying the image obtained by the signal processor. The sequence controller comprises a multi-slice controller for executing a multi-slice method using a sequence with a relatively long echo time so that an MR signal of a proton of a fat is suppressed and an MR signal of a proton of a CSF is emphasized. The signal processor comprises a summation processor for synthesizing multi-slice images as a plurality of slice images by summation to obtain a synthesized image.