Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and method
View Patent ↗A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a collection unit and a generation unit. The collection unit collects data of an imaging area over a plurality of time phases within a certain respiratory cycle after applying a labeling pulse to a labeling area in which cerebrospinal fluid flows under a task of respiration. The generation unit generates images of a plurality of time phases depicting the cerebrospinal fluid by using the collected data.
1. A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus comprising:
a collection circuitry configured to collect data of an imaging area over a plurality of time phases in a certain respiratory cycle after applying a labeling pulse to a labeling area in which cerebrospinal fluid flows under a task of respiration, wherein the labeling pulse is applied in synchronization with a signal of instruction given to a subject; and
a generation circuitry configured to generate images of a plurality of time phases depicting the cerebrospinal fluid by using collected data.
2. The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the collection circuitry collects the data of the imaging area during a period in which respiratory fluctuation is large in the respiratory cycle.
3. The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the collection circuitry collects part of the data of the imaging area divided into a plurality of segments over a plurality of time phases within one respiratory cycle; and
the generation circuitry generates the images of the time phases by combining pieces of data collected in respective respiratory cycles.
4. The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a derivation circuitry configured to specify a period in which respiratory fluctuation is large based on a waveform of the respiratory fluctuation of a subject, and derives at least one of the number of segments and the number of time phases as an imaging condition for collecting the data according to the specified period, wherein
the collection circuitry collects the data of the imaging area according to the derived imaging condition.
5. The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a display controller circuitry configured to display, in parallel or as a moving image, the generated images of the time phases on a display.
6. The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the collection circuitry collects the data of the imaging area over the time phases during a certain period in the respiratory cycle, and
the generation circuitry generates the images of the time phases depicting the cerebrospinal fluid in the certain period.
7. The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the collection circuitry collects the data of the imaging area over the time phases in at least one of a period in which respiratory fluctuation is large, a period of exhalation, and a period of inhalation, and
the generation circuitry generates the images of the time phases depicting the cerebrospinal fluid in at least one of the period in which the respiratory fluctuation is large, the period of exhalation, and the period of inhalation.
8. A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus comprising:
a collection circuitry configured to collect data of an imaging area over a plurality of time phases within a certain respiratory cycle after applying a labeling pulse to a labeling area in which cerebrospinal fluid flows under a task of respiration, wherein the labeling pulse is applied in synchronization with a signal of instruction given to a subject; and
a generation circuitry configured to generate images of a plurality of time phases depicting the cerebrospinal fluid during a certain period specified based on a waveform of a respiratory fluctuation in the respiratory cycle by using the collected data.
9. The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein
the collection circuitry selectively collects data during a certain period in the respiratory cycle; and
the generation circuitry generates the images of a plurality of time phases during the certain period by using the selectively collected data.
10. The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein
the collection circuitry selectively collects data in at least one of a period in which respiratory fluctuation is large, a period of exhalation, and a period of inhalation in the respiratory cycle; and
the generation circuitry generates the images of a plurality of time phases in at least one of the period in which the respiratory fluctuation is large, the period of exhalation, and the period of inhalation.
11. The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to claim 8 , further comprising a display controller circuitry configured to display, in parallel or as a moving image, the images of the time phases depicting the cerebrospinal fluid during a certain period in the respiratory cycle, on a display.
12. A method for magnetic resonance imaging executed by a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, the method comprising:
collecting data of an imaging area over a plurality of time phases in a certain respiratory cycle after applying a labeling pulse to fluid of which correlation with a cardiac phase is low under a task of respiration, wherein the labeling pulse is applied in synchronization with a signal of instruction given to a subject; and
generating images of a plurality of time phases indicating kinetics of the fluid by using the collected data.