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Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2010

Filed:

Oct. 10, 2007
Applicants:

Kazuto Nakabayashi, Nasushiobara, JP;

Masatoshi Hanawa, Otawara, JP;

Inventors:

Kazuto Nakabayashi, Nasushiobara, JP;

Masatoshi Hanawa, Otawara, JP;

Assignees:

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;

Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-Shi, Tochigi-Ken, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A magnetic resonance apparatus in which magnetic metal pieces are accommodated in an accommodation section so as to correct uniformity in a main magnetic field, includes an acquisition unit which acquires temperature information related to at least one of a temperature of the magnetic metal pieces accommodated in the accommodation section, a temperature of the accommodation section, and a temperature of a position in the vicinity of the accommodation section, and a temperature adjustment unit which adjusts the temperature of the magnetic metal pieces to a target temperature by preheating the magnetic metal pieces on the basis of the temperature information acquired by the acquisition unit.


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