Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and automatic channel selection method of multi-channel reception coil

A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus comprising:

• an imaging unit that includes a reception coil including a plurality of coil elements, and a multiple-channel receiver which receives, through the reception coil including the plurality of coil elements, a nuclear magnetic resonance signal generated by a subject to be examined;
• one or more processors that control the imaging unit and are configured to
• acquire an image from a camera disposed in the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus,
• specify a target position of imaging on the subject to be examined, and
• collate a camera image, which is acquired by the camera and shows the subject to be examined and on which a reception coil including a plurality of coil elements is mounted, with design information of the reception coil and
• determine a coil element of the reception coil that covers the specified target position;
• and
• one or more markers attached to at least one of the reception coil or a bed and recognizable by the one or more processors, a position of the reception coil being determined by the one or more processors based on a marker amongst the one or more markers.