Patent ID: 9194928
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: A61B,G01R

Abstract:
1. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus comprising: MRI system components including static and gradient magnetic field generators, at least one radio frequency (RF) coil coupled to an imaging area within magnetic fields generated by the static and gradient magnetic field generators, an RF transmitter, an RF receiver, a display and a computer control system connected to control other MRI system components, said control computer system having at least one computer processor and memory being configured to concurrently display (a) an identity of plural different imaging regions of a subject and (b) plural MR imaging conditions for each of plural identified different imaging regions, the plural MR imaging conditions including at least one operator-selectable type of an MR imaging pulse sequence for non-contrast-enhanced imaging, or at least one operator-selectable parameter of the MR imaging pulse sequence, and wherein the plural identified different imaging regions for identified different anatomical regions correspond to plural different positions of a table used to transport the subject from one imaging position to another; select, via operator input, plural different imaging regions from among displayed plural regions and select or set respective imaging conditions corresponding to each of selected plural different imaging regions; set, via the display and operator input, a temporal order of imaging order for each of the selected plural imaging regions; acquire plural MR data sets respectively corresponding to the selected plural different imaging regions using selected or set respective MR imaging conditions, wherein the plural MR data sets are acquired automatically and sequentially in accordance with the set temporal order of imaging for each of the selected plural imaging regions; and generate image data based on the plural MR data sets respectively corresponding to the selected plural different imaging regions.