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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2010
Masaaki Umeda, Sakura, JP;
Takahiro Ishihara, Olawara, JP;
Masaaki Umeda, Sakura, JP;
Takahiro Ishihara, Olawara, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-Shi, Tochigi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes an imaging unit configured to carry out magnetic resonance imaging of a patient using a transmitting QD coil which allows at least one of phase and amplitude of a radio-frequency transmit pulse on at least one input channel of the transmitting QD coil to be adjusted independently of each other, and an adjustment unit configured to adjust at least one of the phase and the amplitude of the radio-frequency transmit pulse according to imaging conditions.