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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2008
Mitsuharu Miyoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuharu Miyoshi, Tokyo, JP;
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus configured to scan a subject in order to collect magnetic resonance signals from the subject in a magnetostatic field space. The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a scanning unit that executes an imaging pulse sequence after executing a preparation pulse sequence to transmit preparation pulses. The scanning unit, during the preparation pulse sequence, excites a spin of the subject by successively transmitting a first chemical saturation pulse, a T2 preparation pulse and a second chemical saturation pulse, which is a reversed pulse; transmits a first killer gradient pulse after transmitting the first chemical saturation pulse and before transmitting the T2 preparation pulse; transmits a second killer gradient pulse after transmitting the T2 preparation pulse and before transmitting the second chemical saturation pulse; and transmits a third killer gradient pulse after transmitting the second chemical saturation pulse and before executing the imaging pulse sequence.