Magnetic resonance imaging method and apparatus

A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, comprising:

• signal receiving means for receiving echo signals from a subject;
• measurement control means for measuring the echo signals according to a specific sequence;
• signal processing means for performing image reconstruction computation using the echo signals;
• and
• overall control means for controlling the measurement control means and the signal processing means,
• the measurement control means being provided with a sequence, according to which a measurement of echo signals corresponding to a unit region formed of plural parallel trajectories on a k-space is repeated by changing an angle of rotation of the unit region about an origin of the k-space,
• the signal processing means including unit region image forming means for forming a unit region image from echo signals for each unit region, and entire image forming means for forming an entire image from respective unit region images,
• wherein the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus is characterized in that:
• the signal receiving means includes a multiple receiver coil formed by combining plural receiver coil units to receive the echo signals at each receiver coil unit;
• the measurement control means measures the echo signals at each receiver coil unit by skipping one or more parallel trajectories in one or more unit regions;
• and
• the unit region image forming means forms the unit region image from which aliasing artefacts are removed, from the echo signals at each receiver coil unit measured by skipping and sensitivity distribution data of each unit region and each receiver coil unit.