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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2008
Applicants:
Hideki Kumai, Tokyo, JP;
Taeko Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hideki Kumai, Tokyo, JP;
Taeko Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi Medical Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/563 (2006.01); G01R 33/561 (2006.01); G01R 33/56 (2006.01); G01R 33/483 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/5635 (2013.01); G01R 33/5607 (2013.01); G01R 33/5602 (2013.01); G01R 33/4835 (2013.01); G01R 33/5614 (2013.01);
Abstract
Blood streams different in direction can be selectively depicted, and a blood vessel image (MRA image) which has an excellent blood vessel contrast and in which a background signal is suppressed is obtained. Therefore, the present invention sets a pre-saturation area (pre-saturation area) in an area containing at least a part of an imaging area and performs imaging in a blood vessel imaging operation using a pre-saturation pulse for pre-exciting spins.