Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and magnetic resonance imaging method
First Claim
1. A magnetic resonance (MR) imaging apparatus comprising:
- static and gradient magnetic field generators, at least one RF coil for transmitting and/or receiving RF signals to/from a patient when disposed within said magnetic field generators and at least one programmed computer system and associated memory connected to control the gradient magnetic field generators and RF transmitter and receiver circuits coupled to said at least one RF coil;
said at least one computer system beingconfigured (a) to accept an input individually designating at least one of position, shape and size for each of a plurality of tag regions, (b) to accept an input individually of a time period from an RF tag pulse to an imaging pulse for each of the plurality of tag regions, and (c) to respectively set the period for each of the plurality of tag regions, the plurality of tag regions being at least partially spatially located within an MR imaging region;
configured to apply the RF tag pulse to each tag region based on the respectively corresponding set period, apply the imaging pulse to the MR imaging region after applying the plurality of RF tag pulses to the plurality of tag regions, and acquire MR echo signals from the MR imaging region; and
configured to reconstruct an image of the MR imaging region based on said acquired MR echo signals,wherein said acquired MR echo signals emanating from at least one of said MR tag regions are of different intensity compared to acquired MR echo signals emanating from elsewhere in said MR imaging region.
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Abstract
An IR pulse is applied to a tag region B that is disposed at the upstream side of the ascending aorta relative to a tag region A at a timing with a second predetermined delay time TD2 (for example, 600 ms) from the application time of an IR pulse to the tag region A to thereby perform tagging. By this tagging, it is possible to suppress the MR signals derived from the substantial portions and the blood within the tag region B. Subsequently, an imaging scan is performed after a predetermined time lapse TIA (for example, 1200 ms) from the application time of the IR pulse to the tag region A or after a predetermined time lapse TIB (for example, 600 ms) from the application time of the IR pulse to the tag region B.
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1. A magnetic resonance (MR) imaging apparatus comprising:
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static and gradient magnetic field generators, at least one RF coil for transmitting and/or receiving RF signals to/from a patient when disposed within said magnetic field generators and at least one programmed computer system and associated memory connected to control the gradient magnetic field generators and RF transmitter and receiver circuits coupled to said at least one RF coil; said at least one computer system being configured (a) to accept an input individually designating at least one of position, shape and size for each of a plurality of tag regions, (b) to accept an input individually of a time period from an RF tag pulse to an imaging pulse for each of the plurality of tag regions, and (c) to respectively set the period for each of the plurality of tag regions, the plurality of tag regions being at least partially spatially located within an MR imaging region; configured to apply the RF tag pulse to each tag region based on the respectively corresponding set period, apply the imaging pulse to the MR imaging region after applying the plurality of RF tag pulses to the plurality of tag regions, and acquire MR echo signals from the MR imaging region; and configured to reconstruct an image of the MR imaging region based on said acquired MR echo signals, wherein said acquired MR echo signals emanating from at least one of said MR tag regions are of different intensity compared to acquired MR echo signals emanating from elsewhere in said MR imaging region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A magnetic resonance (MR) imaging method comprising:
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accepting, individually designated for each of a plurality of tag regions, (a) at least one of the position, shape and size, (b) accepting an input individually of a period from an RF tag pulse an imaging pulse for each of the plurality of tag regions, and (c) to respectively set the time period for each of the plurality of tag regions, the plurality of tag regions being at least partially spatially located within an MR imaging region; applying the RF tag pulse to each tag region based on the respectively corresponding set period, apply the imaging pulse to the MR imaging region after applying the plurality of RE tag pulses to the plurality of tag regions, and acquiring MR echo signals from the MR imaging region, and reconstructing an image of the MR imaging region based on MR echo signals acquired as the MR imaging data, said acquired MR echo signals emanating from at least one of said tag regions being of different intensity compared to acquired MR echo signals emanating from elsewhere in said MR imaging region.
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13. A magnetic resonance (MR) imaging apparatus comprising:
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static and gradient magnetic field generators, at least one RF coil for transmitting and/or receiving RF signals to/from a patient when disposed within said magnetic field generators and at least one programmed computer system and associated memory connected to control the gradient magnetic field generators and RF transmitter and receiver circuits coupled to said at least one RF coil; said at least one computer system being configured (a) to accept an input individually designating at least one of position, shape and size for each of a plurality of tag regions, (b) to accept an input individually of a period from an RF tag pulse to an imaging pulse for each of the plurality of tag regions, and (c) to respectively set the time period for each of the plurality of tag regions, the plurality of tag regions being at least partially spatially located within an MR imaging region; configured to apply the RF tag pulse to each tag region based on the respectively corresponding set period, apply the imaging pulse to an MR imaging region after applying the plurality of RF tag pulses to the plurality of tag regions, and to acquire MR echo signals from the MR imaging region, and configured to reconstruct an image of the MR imaging region based on said acquired MR echo signals, said acquired MR echo signals emanating from at least one of said tag regions being of different intensity compared to acquired MR echo signals emanating from elsewhere in said MR imaging region.
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14. A magnetic resonance (MR) imaging method comprising:
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(a) individually designating at least one of the position, shape and size of tag regions for each of a plurality of tag regions, (b) individually setting a time period from an RF tag pulse to an imaging pulse for each of the plurality of tag regions, and (c) to respectively set the period for each of the plurality of tag regions, the plurality of tag regions being at least partially spatially located within an MR imaging region; applying the RE tag pulse to each tag region based on the respectively corresponding set period, apply the imaging pulse to the MR imaging region after applying the plurality of RF tag pulses to the plurality of tag regions, and acquiring MR echo signals from the MR imaging region; and reconstructing an image of the MR imaging region based on acquired echo signals, said acquired MR echo signals emanating from at least one of said tag regions being of different intensity compared to acquired MR echo signals emanating from elsewhere in said MR imaging region.
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