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Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and magnetic resonance imaging method

  • US 9,591,988 B2
  • Filed: 11/02/2011
  • Issued: 03/14/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus comprising:

  • a static magnetic field generator;

    gradient magnetic field coils;

    at least one radio frequency coil;

    a display; and

    a control system including at least one control computer coupled to control said display, said gradient magnetic field coils, and said at least one radio frequency coil, said control computer being configured to;

    control said gradient magnetic field coils and said at least one radio frequency coil to acquire volume image data including a heart from an object;

    automatically calculate spatial-positional locations of pre-determined anatomical features of the heart based on the acquired volume image data;

    automatically generate a reference section image of the heart by;

    generating a reference section of the heart at a spatial-positional location corresponding to the calculated spatial-positional locations of pre-determined anatomical features of the heart,identifying, from the acquired volume image data, imaging data with spatial-positional locations that correspond to the spatial-positional location of the reference section, andgenerating the reference section image of the heart by forming the identified imaging data into an image;

    control the display to display the generated reference section image of the heart;

    set a position of an imaging plane for subsequent cardiac imaging corresponding to a position of the displayed reference section image of the heart; and

    control said gradient magnetic field coils and said at least one radio frequency coil to acquire a cardiac image of the set imaging plane within the heart of said object.

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