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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2017
Applicant:
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, Tochigi-Ken, JP;
Inventors:
Masaaki Umeda, Sakura, JP;
Takahiro Ishihara, Otawara, JP;
Assignee:
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara-Shi, Tochigi-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/36 (2006.01); G01R 33/565 (2006.01); G01R 33/24 (2006.01); G01R 33/561 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/3628 (2013.01); G01R 33/3678 (2013.01); G01R 33/5659 (2013.01); G01R 33/246 (2013.01); G01R 33/5612 (2013.01);
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to carry out magnetic resonance imaging of a patient using a transmitting QD coil that allows at least one of phase and amplitude of a radio-frequency transmit pulse on at least one input channel of the transmitting QD coil to be adjusted independently of each other, and an adjustment unit arranged to adjust at least one of the phase and the amplitude of the radio-frequency transmit pulse according to imaging conditions.