Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and image generation method

A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus comprising:

• first processing circuitry configured to execute a pulse sequence in an acquisition pattern set such that reduction factors in a plurality of pieces of k space data are made different in accordance with a predetermined imaging parameter when the pieces of k space data having different values of the imaging parameter are acquired while changing the values of the imaging parameter;
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• second processing circuitry configured to generate an image based on the pieces of k space data, wherein
• when the imaging parameter is included in a first range, the first processing circuitry acquires the pieces of k space data in a first region including a center in a k space with a first reduction factor and acquires the pieces of k space data in a second region that differs from the first region with a second reduction factor that differs from the first reduction factor, and
• when the imaging parameter is included in a second range that differs from the first range, the first processing circuitry acquires the pieces of k space data in the first region with a reduction factor higher than the first reduction factor and acquires the pieces of k space data in the second region with a reduction factor lower than the second reduction factor.