Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, rf coil, and magnetic resonance imaging method

A magnetic resonance imaging method performed by a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus including a whole body RF coil accommodated in a gantry, the whole body RF coil including a first element unit and a second element unit, the first element being a birdcage-type RF coil having two end rings and a plurality of rungs spaced apart from each other along a circumferential direction of the end rings, the second element including a plurality of microstrip antennas, the magnetic resonance imaging method comprising:

• acquiring first k-space data thinned in a phase encode direction for each of the microstrip antennas by transmitting a radio frequency magnetic field using the first element unit and receiving a magnetic resonance signal using the second element unit, based on a pulse sequence for parallel imaging, the magnetic resonance signal being produced from a subject having been applied with the radio frequency magnetic field;
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• generating an image by unfolding aliasing in the first k-space data using a sensitivity difference between the microstrip antennas.