Magnetic resonance imaging device
AssigneeHitachi Medical Corporation
InventorTakayuki Abe
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InventorTakayuki Abe
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In a contrast MRA measurement, sampling order of k-space is controlled considering the distance from the origin such that sampling the low-frequency data is performed a time when the contrast concentration reaches it peak. First, the sampling points of k-space are divided into two groups. Then, a measurement of the first group is started a time when the contrast concentration of a blood vessel of interest becomes high and is controlled from the high-frequency component to the low-frequency component such that the distance of a sampling point from the origin progressively decreases. A measurement of the other group, which is performed successively, is controlled from the low-frequency component to the high-frequency component such that the distance of a sampling point from the origin progressively increases. According to this ordering, influence of measurement time error in the contrast MRA measurement can be reduced and the whole blood vessel can be imaged with high contrast. In addition, an artery can be selectively imaged.
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus comprising static magnet field generating means for generating a static magnet field in a space where an object to be examined is placed, gradient magnetic field generating means generating gradient magnetic fields in the space in a slice direction, phase encode direction and readout direction, transmitting means for applying RF magnetic field to cause nuclear magnetic resonance in atomic nuclei of a living tissue of the object, receiving means for detecting echo signals emitted by the nuclear magnetic resonance, control means for controlling the gradient magnetic field generating means, transmitting means and receiving means, signal processing means for performing image reconstruction using the echo signals detected by the receiving means, and display means for displaying the produced images,
A data acquisition method of acquiring three-dimensional image data by repeating a plurality of times a step comprising selective excitation of a predetermined region of an object to be examined, application of encoding gradient magnetic fields at least in two directions and collection of echo signals emitted from the region while changing the intensities of the gradient magnetic fields,
A data acquisition method of acquiring three-dimensional image data by repeating a plurality of times a step comprising selective excitation of a predetermined region of an object to be examined, application of encoding gradient magnetic fields at least in two directions and collection of echo signals emitted from the region while changing the intensities of the gradient magnetic fields,
A data acquisition method of acquiring three-dimensional image data by repeating a plurality of times a step comprising selective excitation of a predetermined region of an object to be examined, application of encoding gradient magnetic fields at least in two directions and collection of echo signals emitted from the region while changing the intensities of the gradient magnetic fields,
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