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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2006
Applicant:
Yasutoshi Ishihara, Nagaoka, JP;
Inventor:
Yasutoshi Ishihara, Nagaoka, JP;
Assignees:
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara-Shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01); G01R 33/48 (2006.01); G01R 33/565 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/4804 (2013.01); G01R 33/4814 (2013.01); G01R 33/56509 (2013.01);
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging system measures the temperature of a morbid region to be heated in thermotherapy and controls a scan unit to execute an imaging operation in synchronism with heating by a heating device, and generates measurement temperature data on the basis of the phase change of magnetic resonance signals at different generation times obtained by the imaging operation.