Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 磁共振成像装置
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Application No.: US12753461Application Date: 2010-04-02
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Publication No.: US08344730B2Publication Date: 2013-01-01
- Inventor: Tokunori Kimura
- Applicant: Tokunori Kimura
- Applicant Address: JP Minato-Ku, Tokyo JP Otawara-Shi, Tochigi
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Minato-Ku, Tokyo JP Otawara-Shi, Tochigi
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye PC
- Priority: JP2009-091303 20090403
- Main IPC: G01V3/00
- IPC: G01V3/00

Abstract:
An apparatus includes a unit which acquires, by a first sequence, an MR signal before administration of a contrast agent and which also acquires, by a second sequence, an MR signal after the administration, the first sequence dephasing a magnetization after RE excitation to make a greater signal reduction in a first signal component regarding a fluid flowing within a first range than in a second signal component regarding the fluid flowing within a second less than the first range, the second sequence bringing the MR signal after the administration to a level corresponding to the concentration of the agent, a unit which reconstructs first and second images, and a unit which generates a third image on the basis of the first and second images, the third image showing the degree of a change of the fluid after the administration from a state before the administration.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100253342A1 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2010-10-07
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