Patent ID: 8841911
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus comprising: a lower coil assembly disposed at a back side of a patient space, the lower coil assembly including a first plurality of surface coils receiving radio frequency magnetic resonance signals from a patient when located in said patient space; an upper coil assembly disposed at an abdomen side of the patient space, the upper coil assembly including a second plurality of surface coils receiving radio frequency magnetic resonance signals from the patient when located in said patient space; and an imaging unit configured to select either a first image processing or a second image processing depending on an imaging anatomical portion of a tested patient in said patient space, the first image processing being performed based on the magnetic resonance signals outputted from both the lower coil assembly and the upper coil assembly, the first processing being selected when imaging an abdomen as the anatomical portion of the patient, while the second image processing is performed based on the magnetic resonance signals outputted from the lower coil assembly and the second image processing being selected when imaging a backbone as the anatomical portion of the patient.