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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2003
Filed:
May. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Koichi Oshio, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuharu Miyoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
GE Yokogawa Medical Systems, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 ;
Abstract
In order to perform imaging with water and fat separated in an efficient manner, a tomographic image is obtained having a phase difference of &pgr;/2 between water and fat using magnetic resonance ( ), the phase of the tomographic image is multiplied by n ( ), the phase after being corrected for wraparound is multiplied by 1/n ( ), and a phase image representing magnetic field inhomogeneity is generated. The tomographic image is corrected for phase using the phase image ( ), and is separated into a water image and a fat image ( ).