Imaging support apparatus, method of operating imaging support apparatus, program, and magnetic resonance imaging apparatus

A method of operating an imaging support apparatus, the method comprising:

• causing a computer that functions as the imaging support apparatus that supports imaging performed by a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus to execute:
• a step of acquiring three-dimensional data including a heart of an examinee, the three-dimensional data being acquired in scanogram imaging performed using the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus before main imaging;
• a step of detecting a landmark of the heart from the three-dimensional data;
• a step of calculating, based on a position of the landmark, a plurality of cross sections applied to imaging of the heart;
• a step of generating a plurality of cross-sectional images appearing in each of the plurality of cross sections from the three-dimensional data;
• a step of displaying the plurality of cross-sectional images;
• a step of displaying a first movement element representing a position of the landmark in a plane of the respective cross-sectional images;
• and
• a step of displaying a second movement element representing a position of the landmark in a depth direction of the respective cross-sectional images.

A non-transitory, computer readable tangible recording medium which records thereon, a program for causing a computer that functions as an imaging support apparatus for supporting imaging performed by a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, to implement the functions comprising:

• a function of acquiring three-dimensional data including a heart of an examinee, the three-dimensional data being acquired in scanogram imaging performed using the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus before main imaging;
• a function of detecting a landmark of the heart from the three-dimensional data;
• a function of calculating, based on a position of the landmark, a plurality of cross sections applied to imaging of the heart;
• a function of generating a plurality of cross-sectional images appearing in each of the plurality of cross sections from the three-dimensional data;
• a function of displaying the plurality of cross-sectional images;
• a function of displaying a first movement element representing a position of the landmark in a plane of the respective cross-sectional images;
• and
• a function of displaying a second movement element representing a position of the landmark in a depth direction of the respective cross-sectional images.