Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus that divides imaging region temporally or spatially and acquires data thereof using different readout sequences
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Application No.: US14872319Application Date: 2015-10-01
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Publication No.: US10663552B2Publication Date: 2020-05-26
- Inventor: Tokunori Kimura
- Applicant: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Otawara-Shi, Tochigi-Ken
- Assignee: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Otawara-Shi, Tochigi-Ken
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@5aac06fc
- Main IPC: G01R33/563
- IPC: G01R33/563 ; A61B5/055 ; G01R33/56 ; A61B5/00 ; G01R33/561

Abstract:
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a dividing unit, an acquiring unit, and a combining unit. The dividing unit is configured to divide an imaging region of a patient into at least two temporal or spatial ranges. Of the temporal or spatial ranges, the acquiring unit is configured to perform a data acquiring process on a first range by using a first readout sequence and to perform a data acquiring process on a second range by using a second readout sequence that is different from the first readout sequence in terms of one or both of the type of sequence and an imaging condition. The combining unit is configured to combine an image generated from data acquired by using the first readout sequence with an image generated from data acquired by using the second readout sequence.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160018501A1 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-01-21
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