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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2010
Takeshi Kubota, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuhiro Bekku, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Takayama, Tokyo, JP;
Miho Nagasawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Kubota, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuhiro Bekku, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Takayama, Tokyo, JP;
Miho Nagasawa, Tokyo, JP;
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus executes a calibration scan for acquiring calibration data used to correct image data of a subject and an imaging scan for acquiring the image data of the subject and receives magnetic resonance signals using combinations of coil elements selected out of a plurality of coil elements. The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a calibration scan condition determining device for determining a scan condition for the calibration scan, based on a first scan range of the subject taken when the imaging scan is executed and a first combination of coil elements used to receive magnetic resonance signals in the first scan range.