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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2005
Shinichi Uchizono, Nasushiobara, JP;
Yoshio Machida, Nasushiobara, JP;
Nobuyasu Ichinose, Otawara, JP;
Shinichi Uchizono, Nasushiobara, JP;
Yoshio Machida, Nasushiobara, JP;
Nobuyasu Ichinose, Otawara, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corp., Tochigi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatusincludes a scan executing unit that executes scan to generate sensitivity map data of an RF coil, a region reduction unitthat applies region reduction to a signal region near a no-signal region of image data obtained by the scan, a sensitivity map data generating unitthat generates sensitivity map data using image data after the region reduction, and a smoothing processing unitthat applies three-dimensional smoothing filter to the sensitivity map data.