Patent ID: 9671480
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: A61B,G01R

Claim:
1. A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus comprising: MRI system components including static and gradient magnetic field generators, at least one radio frequency (RF) coil, an RF transmitter, an RF receiver, at least one computer and associated storage configured to store recommended values of a slice condition parameter corresponding to respective different classified imaging positions; said at least one computer being configured to image an object on a predetermined imaging position, and to generate an image for positioning; set a slab area and a slice area on a basis of a recommended value, read from said storage corresponding to a predetermined imaging position of the classified imaging positions, and display the set slab area and the set slice area on the image for positioning; determine the slice condition on a basis of the slice area; and execute an imaging of the slab area in accordance with the determined slice condition.