Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and magnetic resonance imaging method
US7880464B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 10, 2007 |
| Grant date | Feb 1, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 27, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/56509
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit which applies a labeling pulse to invert a spin included in a labeling region within part of a imaging region and then collects a echo signal from a time point when an inversion time has passed from the application of the labeling pulse, and a control unit, the control unit controlling the imaging unit so that the echo signal in the imaging region is collected a plurality of times with variations in the inversion time, the control unit also controlling the imaging unit so that a time ranging from a reference time point within a biological signal obtained from a subject to the application of the labeling pulse is a time determined in accordance with the inversion time.
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