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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2011
Takahiro Ohmure, Otawara, JP;
Takao Kasugai, Otawara, JP;
Kensuke Shinoda, Otawara, JP;
Isao Tatebayashi, Utsunomiya, JP;
Takahiro Ohmure, Otawara, JP;
Takao Kasugai, Otawara, JP;
Kensuke Shinoda, Otawara, JP;
Isao Tatebayashi, Utsunomiya, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-Shi, Tochigi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
In one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an input unit and a direction setting unit. The input unit receives a setting operation to set a plurality of image taking regions within a position determining image, from an operator of the apparatus. The direction setting unit sets phase encoding directions for the plurality of image taking regions to be in the same direction as one another, regardless of setting operations performed by the operator via the input unit.