Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and method of determining sampling pattern

A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus comprising:

• an imaging unit that collects a nuclear magnetic resonance signal from a subject to acquire three-dimensional k-space data;
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• one or more processors that reconstruct an image of the subject using the three-dimensional k-space data and determine each measurement point of the three-dimensional k-space data,
• wherein in a case where a kx direction of a three-dimensional k-space is set as a readout direction, for a plurality of measurement points on a ky-kz plane, the one or more processors adjust a first condition that an angle of a straight line connecting the measurement points and a center of the plane changes with a golden angle (α) and a distance (r) from a center point of the plane monotonically increases, and determine the measurement point to satisfy a second condition that a change in a position of the measurement point is to be non-periodicity.