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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
May. 17, 2013
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-Shi, Tochigi, JP;
Kazuya Okamoto, Saitama, JP;
Manabu Ishii, Otawara, JP;
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara-Shi, Tochigi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an MRI apparatus includes a data acquisition system and a control system. The data acquisition system acquires MR signals from a subject. The control system acquires the MR signals by controlling the data acquisition system to generate image data. The data acquisition system has a WB coil, an RF coil and a breaker circuit. The WB coil applies the RF magnetic field to the imaging area. The RF coil applies the RF magnetic field to the imaging area when an RF pulse has been applied from the control system through a connector. The RF coil is set inside the WB coil. The breaker circuit electrically breaks a part of a circuit constituting the RF coil when the connector of the RF coil has been disconnected to the control system.