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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2008
Masashi Ookawa, Otawara, JP;
Masashi Ookawa, Otawara, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-Shi, Tochigi, JP;
Abstract
A real-time system changes a combination of coil elements and channel assignations for each echo by using a pulse sequence, and collects data without performing phase encoding. A host system then calculates a correlation value of data reconstructed for each channel and reference data. When the correlation value is smaller than a predetermined threshold value, the host system judges the coil element combination to be abnormal. The host system makes a level correction on the collected data and creates an alternative solution for the abnormal coil element combination, including a reduction of a number of channels.