Patent ID: 9411032
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: G01R

Claim Text:
1. A sensitivity distribution generating apparatus configured to generate sensitivity distribution data of a coil for receiving magnetic resonance signals from an imaging region of a subject including fat and water regions, said sensitivity distribution generating apparatus comprising: an image data generating unit configured to generate fat image data in which a water region is suppressed and a fat region is emphasized, based on image data obtained by executing a separation sequence for separating the fat and water regions from each other; and an estimating unit configured to estimate a sensitivity of the coil based on the fat image data; wherein the estimating unit uses a signal value of the fat region of the fat image data as data representing a coil sensitivity of the fat region; and wherein the estimating unit interpolates data of the water region using the signal value of the fat region of the fat image data, and estimates the data obtained by the interpolation as data representing a coil sensitivity of the water region.