Magnetic resonance imaging method and apparatus

A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus that implements a multi-shot Fast Spin Echo (FSE) method by which a k-space is filled with data by executing multiple sessions of one-shot acquisition during each of which a refocus pulse is applied a plurality of times after an excitation pulse is applied once, so as to acquire a plurality of echo signals, the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus comprising:

• processing circuitry configured to acquire, for the k-space divided into a plurality of segments with respect to a phase encode direction, one of the segments including a central region of the k-space with one shot, wherein,
• during the one-shot acquisition for the central region of the k-space, refocus pulses corresponding to a first time period among the refocus pulses applied the plurality of times have a flip angle decreasing tendency, and refocus pulses corresponding to a second time period following the first time period among the refocus pulses applied the plurality of times have a flip angle maintaining or increasing tendency.