Patent ID: 7190992
Filing Date: 2007-03-13
Classification: A61B,G01R

Abstract:
1. A magnetic resonance imaging system in which an object to be imaged is subjected to scanning to obtain an MR image, the scanning being applied to a region of the object, a sub-region to be imaged being previously located on a positioning image of the object, the system comprising: a displaying unit configured to display the positioning image; a locating unit configured to repetitively allow an operator to locate two points at desired points on the positioning image; and a setting unit configured to set a further sub-region substantially perpendicular to the positioning image on the basis of the located two points, the further sub-region thus located being set by the setting unit being a saturation sub-region to be saturated with an MR signal before scanning the region for the MR image of the sub-region to be imaged.