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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2010
Applicant:
Hitoshi Kanazawa, Utsunomiya, JP;
Inventor:
Hitoshi Kanazawa, Utsunomiya, JP;
Assignees:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-Shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/288 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an MRI apparatus includes a calculation unit and an imaging unit. The calculation unit calculates 'a value of a parameter having an upper limit' for 'a plurality of patterns of scan orders for a plurality of scan operations for an object' respectively. The imaging unit generates image data for each of the scan operations by performing the plurality of scan operations based on a result of the calculation.