# US 11,029,380 B2 · Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,029,380 B2 - Document ID: US11029380B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/279,613 - Filed: 2019-02-19 - Published: 2019-06-20 - Granted: 2021-06-08 - Earliest claimed: 2013-12-27 - Assignees: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation - Applicants: Canon Medical Systems Corporation - Inventors: Shuhei Nitta; Shigehide Kuhara; Tomoyuki Takeguchi; Taichiro Shiodera; Yukinobu Sakata - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11029380B2 ## CPC - G01R 33/546: {Interface between the MR system and the user, e.g. for controlling the operation of the MR system or for the design of pulse sequences} - G01R: MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits H03J3/12) ## Abstract A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores processor-executable instructions that cause the processor to detect cross-sectional positions of a plurality of cross-sectional images to be acquired in an imaging scan from volume data; acquire the cross-sectional images in sequence based on the cross-sectional positions by executing the imaging scan; and after the first cross-sectional image is acquired in the imaging scan, generate a display image, and display the display image on a display, the display image being an image in which a cross-sectional position of a second cross-sectional image which is detected from the volume data is superimposed on the first cross-sectional image, the second cross-sectional image being a cross-sectional image before being acquired and intersecting with the first cross-sectional image. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus comprising: a processor; and a memory that stores processor-executable instructions that cause the processor to: detect, from volume data of a target region, a position of a first slice to be imaged and a position of a second slice to be imaged after the first slice has been imaged, the first and second slices containing respectively different anatomical characteristics of a target region to be imaged image and display said first slice based on the position previously detected from the volume data; and after imaging the first slice and prior to imaging the second slice, display, on the imaged and displayed first slice, the position of the second slice as previously detected from the volume data. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, the first slice is an image acquired by cine imaging. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, the target region is a brain. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, the target region is a heart. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to claim 4, wherein, the slices include at least one of a short-axis image, a horizontal long-axis image, a vertical long-axis image, a 2-chamber image, a 3-chamber image and 4-chamber image. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to claim 4, wherein, the slices are composed of a combination of slices selected from among a short-axis image, a horizontal long-axis image, a vertical long-axis image, a 2-chamber image, a 3-chamber image and 4-chamber image. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, the target region is a joint region. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to claim 7, wherein, the target region is a knee. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to claim 7, wherein, the target region is a shoulder. ### Claim 10 A slice position displaying method comprising: detecting, from volume data of a target region, a position of a first slice to be imaged and a position of a second slice to be imaged after the first slice has been imaged, the first and second slices containing respectively different anatomical characteristics of a target region to be imaged; imaging and displaying said first slice based on the position previously detected from the volume data; and after imaging the first slice and prior to imaging the second slice, displaying, on the imaged and displayed first slice, the position of the second slice as previously detected from the volume data. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The slice position displaying method according to claim 10, wherein, the first slice is an image acquired by cine imaging. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The slice position displaying method according to claim 10, wherein, the target region is a brain. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The slice position displaying method according to claim 10, wherein, the target region is a heart. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The slice position displaying method according to claim 13, wherein, the slices include at least one of a short-axis image, a horizontal long-axis image, a vertical long-axis image, a 2-chamber image, a 3-chamber image and 4-chamber image. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The slice position displaying method according to claim 13, wherein, the slices are composed of a combination of slices selected from among a short-axis image, a horizontal long-axis image, a vertical long-axis image, a 2-chamber image, a 3-chamber image and 4-chamber image. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The slice position displaying method according to claim 10, wherein, the target region is a joint region. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The slice position displaying method according to claim 16, wherein, the target region is a knee. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The slice position displaying method according to claim 16, wherein, the target region is a shoulder.