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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2010
Applicants:
Shinichi Kitane, Otawara, JP;
Mitsue Miyazaki, Otawara, JP;
Yuichi Yamashita, Otawara, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-Shi, Tochigi-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an imaging condition setting unit and an image data acquisition unit. The imaging condition setting unit sets an imaging condition applying first and second suppression pulses of which at least ones of types, center frequencies and frequency bands are different from each other. The first and the second suppression pulses frequency-selectively suppress at least one of fat and silicone. The image data acquisition unit acquires image data according to the imaging condition.