Magnetic resonance imaging using technique of positioning multi-slabs to be imaged

A method of planing a slab region to be scanned by magnetic resonance imaging, the region of the object being previously located on a positioning image previously acquired from the object, the method comprising:

• displaying a screen including a first window for giving scan conditions for the region and a second window in which the positioning image is displayed, an icon also being located in the second window and to which at least part of the region parameters are assigned;
• interactively allowing the region to be set at a desired position on the positioning image, the region being substantially perpendicular to the positioning image;
• and
• interactively allowing the slab region to be changed on the basis of region parameters assigned to the icon.

An interface for a magnetic resonance imaging system in which a slab of an object to be scanned is previously located using a positioning image acquired from the object, the slab consisting of one or more slices, the interface comprising:

• a displaying unit configured to display a screen in a window in which the positioning image is displayed, and an icon to which at least part of region parameters for the slab are selectably assigned;
• a mouse having a button which functions to adjust switchably assigned region parameters;
• and
• a switching unit configured to switch between different functions of the button in response to a selection of one of the region parameters on the icon.