Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and blood vessel imaging method
- Patent Title (中): 磁共振成像装置及血管成像方法
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Application No.: US12742390Application Date: 2008-11-06
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Publication No.: US08831317B2Publication Date: 2014-09-09
- Inventor: Hideki Kumai , Taeko Ito
- Applicant: Hideki Kumai , Taeko Ito
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi Medical Corporation
- Current Assignee: Hitachi Medical Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cooper & Dunham LLP
- Priority: JP2007-297534 20071116
- International Application: PCT/JP2008/070195 WO 20081106
- International Announcement: WO2009/063791 WO 20090522
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; G01R33/563 ; G01R33/561 ; G01R33/56 ; G01R33/483

Abstract:
Blood streams different in direction can be selectively depicted, and a blood vessel image (MRA image) which has an excellent blood vessel contrast and in which a background signal is suppressed is obtained. Therefore, the present invention sets a pre-saturation area (pre-saturation area) in an area containing at least a part of an imaging area and performs imaging in a blood vessel imaging operation using a pre-saturation pulse for pre-exciting spins.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100226556A1 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Apparatus and Blood Vessel Imaging Method Public/Granted day:2010-09-09
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