Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and control method of the same

A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus comprising:

• a measurement unit configured to apply a high-frequency pulse and a gradient magnetic field pulse for exciting a predetermined cross section of an examination target to collect a nuclear magnetic resonance signal generated from the predetermined cross section;
• a measurement controller configured to control the measurement unit such that the measurement unit collects measurement data for image reconstruction using a gradient echo-based pulse sequence;
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• an image generation unit configured to reconstruct an image of the examination target using the measurement data consisting of the nuclear magnetic resonance signal collected by the measurement unit,
• wherein the measurement controller includes one or more processors that are configured to perform control of adding a pair of gradient magnetic field pulses having opposite polarities and the same magnitude during a period from high-frequency pulse irradiation to collection of a gradient echo in the gradient echo-based pulse sequence, and varying intensities of the pair of gradient magnetic field pulses to collect the measurement data for image reconstruction including the intensities as information for encoding a velocity of a non-stationary portion included in the examination target, and
• the image generation unit is configured to perform a Fourier transformation on the measurement data for image reconstruction in an encoding direction of the velocity and reconstruct the image.