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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2007
Shinya Yamada, Naka-gun, JP;
Hitoshi Kanazawa, Utsunomiya, JP;
Tokunori Kimura, Yaita, JP;
Masaaki Umeda, Sakura, JP;
Shinya Yamada, Naka-gun, JP;
Hitoshi Kanazawa, Utsunomiya, JP;
Tokunori Kimura, Yaita, JP;
Masaaki Umeda, Sakura, JP;
Tokai University Educational System, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-Shi, Tochigi, JP;
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit which applies a labeling pulse to invert a spin included in a labeling region within part of a imaging region and then collects a echo signal from a time point when an inversion time has passed from the application of the labeling pulse, and a control unit, the control unit controlling the imaging unit so that the echo signal in the imaging region is collected a plurality of times with variations in the inversion time, the control unit also controlling the imaging unit so that a time ranging from a reference time point within a biological signal obtained from a subject to the application of the labeling pulse is a time determined in accordance with the inversion time.