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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2010
Applicant:
Hiromi Kawamoto, Yaita, JP;
Inventor:
Hiromi Kawamoto, Yaita, JP;
Assignees:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-Shi, Tochigi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes; a gradient coil that applies a gradient magnetic field to a static magnetic field in which an examined subject is placed; a metal shim with which the gradient coil is provided and that corrects spatial nonuniformity of the static magnetic field; an executing unit that executes an imaging sequence; and a controlling unit that, before execution of the imaging sequence is started, raises the temperature of the metal shim up to a saturation temperature that is to be reached during the execution of the imaging sequence.