Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus
US7847546B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 25, 2006 |
| Grant date | Dec 7, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 26, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/56572
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An MRI apparatus includes an imaging means being provided with a means for generating magnetic fields respectively of a static magnetic field, a gradient magnetic field, and an RF magnetic field, and a means for receiving an echo signal generated from a subject, the imaging means being for measuring echo data associated with at least one measurement trajectory in k-space, while varying angles with respect to a coordinate axis in the k-space of the measurement trajectory, so as to collect at least one measured data for each of the angles; and an image reconstruction means for rearranging the measured data in the k-space and reconstructing an image; wherein, the image reconstruction means calculates a phase for correction based on standard data selected from the measured data for each of the angles, prior to rearranging the measured data in the k-space, and performs a phase correction as to the measured data, by using the phase for correction being calculated. With the procedure above, it is possible to reduce an artifact caused by the nonlinearity of the gradient magnetic field and/or inhomogeneities of the magnetic field, without extending the imaging time.
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