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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
May. 16, 2011
Yoshitomo Sakakura, Nasushiobara, JP;
Satoshi Sugiura, Otawara, JP;
Tomoyuki Yoshida, Nasushiobara, JP;
Takashi Yanashima, Otawara, JP;
Masateru Iwasa, Yokohama, JP;
Yutaka Kato, Utsunomiya, JP;
Koji Kitamura, Yaita, JP;
Kazuto Nogami, Nasushiobara, JP;
Hidekazu Tanaka, Otawara, JP;
Makoto Sato, Nasushiobara, JP;
Shigehide Kuhara, Otawara, JP;
Taketo Kawakami, Utsunomiya, JP;
Yasutake Yasuhara, Nasushiobara, JP;
Hiroshi Sugimoto, Utsunomiya, JP;
Yoshitomo Sakakura, Nasushiobara, JP;
Satoshi Sugiura, Otawara, JP;
Tomoyuki Yoshida, Nasushiobara, JP;
Takashi Yanashima, Otawara, JP;
Masateru Iwasa, Yokohama, JP;
Yutaka Kato, Utsunomiya, JP;
Koji Kitamura, Yaita, JP;
Kazuto Nogami, Nasushiobara, JP;
Hidekazu Tanaka, Otawara, JP;
Makoto Sato, Nasushiobara, JP;
Shigehide Kuhara, Otawara, JP;
Taketo Kawakami, Utsunomiya, JP;
Yasutake Yasuhara, Nasushiobara, JP;
Hiroshi Sugimoto, Utsunomiya, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-Shi, Tochigi, JP;
Abstract
A magnetic resonance diagnostic apparatus is configured in such a manner that: a high-frequency transmission coil transmits a high-frequency electromagnetic wave at a magnetic resonance frequency to an examined subject; a heating coil performs a heating process by radiating a high-frequency electromagnetic wave onto the examined subject at a frequency different from the magnetic resonance frequency; based on a magnetic resonance signal, a measuring unit measures the temperature of the examined subject changing due to the high-frequency electromagnetic wave radiated by the heating coil; and a control unit exercises control so that the measuring unit measures the temperature while the heating coil is performing the heating process, by ensuring that the transmission of the high-frequency electromagnetic wave by the high-frequency transmission coil and the radiation of the high-frequency electromagnetic wave by the heating coil are performed in parallel.