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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2011
Shigehide Kuhara, Otawara, JP;
Shuhei Nitta, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Takeguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Shigehide Kuhara, Otawara, JP;
Shuhei Nitta, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Takeguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara-shi, Tochigi, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a MRI apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a reference section information calculating unit, a positioning unit and an imaging unit. The acquisition unit acquires frames of section image data including a heart from an object with use of magnetic resonance. The reference section information calculating unit calculates spatial positional information of a reference section of the heart based on the frames of the section image data. The positioning unit displays a reference section image of the heart on a display unit and performs positioning of an imaging part for imaging through the displayed reference section image of the heart. The reference section image is calculated from the frames of the section image data based on the positional information of the reference section. The imaging unit images the imaging part set by the positioning.