IP Library Granted Patent US 10,768,258
Granted Patent B2
US 10,768,258 · App. 15/254,291 · Granted Sep 8, 2020

Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus

Inventors: Tokunori Kimura (Yaita, JP); Naotaka Sakashita (Utsunomiya, JP)
Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
G01R33/56308G01R33/5607G01R33/5635G01R33/5673G01R33/56545G01R33/4838G01R33/56366
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Patent No.
US 10,768,258
App. No.
15/254,291
Granted
Sep 8, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry performs at least one of data collection for collecting first data of an imaging region of a subject at a plurality of time intervals after a tag pulse is applied to fluid flowing into the imaging region, and data collection for collecting second data of the imaging region by differing at least one of applying or not-applying the tag pulse and a position of the applying. The processing circuitry performs phase correction for at least one of the first data and the second data by using data in which the longitudinal magnetization of the fluid is a positive value, to generate an image for each time phase.

Claims (20)

1. A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, comprising

processing circuitry configured to

perform at least one of first data collection and second data collection, wherein the first data collection collects a plurality of first data by collecting data of an imaging region of a subject at a plurality of different times with predetermined time intervals after a tag pulse is applied to fluid flowing into the imaging region, and the second data collection collects a plurality of second data by collecting data of the imaging region at a plurality of different times with the predetermined time intervals by differing at least one of application or non-application of the tag pulse and a position of the applying in the first data collection; and

generate a plurality of first images respectively corresponding to a plurality of particular times of the plurality of different times from at least one of the first and second data collected at the particular times by performing phase correction for the at least one of the first and second data collected at the particular times, using phase data included in the first or second data, wherein the phase data is data collected at a timing when a longitudinal magnetization of the fluid is a positive value, and collected at a time other than the particular times.

2. The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to generate a second image by performing an operation in a time phase direction by using the plurality of first images.

3. The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to perform at least one of the first data collection and the second data collection by an imaging method of a signal targeting with an alternating radiofrequency (STAR) system or a flow-sensitive alternating inversion recovery (FAIR) system.

4. The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to generate the second image by performing maximum intensity projection, minimum intensity projection, or averaging for signal values of the plurality of first images in the time phase direction.

5. The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to perform the operation after a weighted filter is applied to the plurality of first images in the time phase direction.

6. The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to apply different weighted filters in a fluid portion and a background tissue portion in the plurality of first images.

7. The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to perform the operation after a filter including a T1 relaxation correction is applied to the plurality of first images.

8. The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to generate a difference image between a first image of the plurality of first images generated from the first data and a first image of the plurality of first images generated from the second data, a difference image between first images generated from the first data, or a difference image between first images generated from the second data, for each time.

9. The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

perform at least one of the first data collection and the second data collection by an imaging method of a flow-sensitive alternating inversion recovery (FAIR) system; and

generate a T1 map as the second image by analyzing a region including a fluid portion and a background tissue portion in the time phase direction by using the plurality of first images.

10. The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

perform at least one of the first data collection and the second data collection synchronously with a biosignal of the subject; and

generate an image in which a movement of the subject indicated by the biosignal is reflected, as the second image, by performing the operation in the time phase direction by using the plurality of first images.

11. A magnetic resonance imaging method, comprising

performing, by processing circuitry, at least one of first data collection and second data collection, wherein the first data collection collects a plurality of first data by collecting data of an imaging region of a subject at a plurality of different times with predetermined time intervals after a tag pulse is applied to fluid flowing into the imaging region, and the second data collection collects a plurality of second data by collecting data of the imaging region at a plurality of different times with the predetermined time intervals by differing at least one of application or non-application of the tag pulse and a position of the applying in the first data collection; and

generating, by the processing circuitry, a plurality of first images respectively corresponding to a plurality of particular times of the plurality of different times from at least one of the first and second data collected at the particular times by performing phase correction for the at least one of the first and second data collected at the particular times, using phase data included in the first or second data, wherein the phase data is data collected at a timing when a longitudinal magnetization of the fluid is a positive value, and collected at a time other than the particular times.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 26, 2019
From: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
To: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049879/0342 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 1, 2016
From: KIMURA, TOKUNORI; SAKASHITA, NAOTAKA
To: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039614/0398 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-040496 · Mar 2, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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