Patent ID: 6814280
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
An MRI apparatus comprising:static magnetic field generating means for generating a static magnetic field; applied to a subject; gradient magnetic field generating means for generating a gradient magnetic field applied to the subject; RF pulse transmitting means for transmitting RF pulses with a flip angle profile including a first set of flip angles that vary with respect to a thickness direction measured along a thickness of each of a plurality of adjacent slabs formed by dividing an imaged region of the subject, said flip angle profile including a first average of a second set of flip angles of one of the slabs, and the first average is different than second average of a third set of flip angles of any one of remaining slabs, wherein said second set and said third set of flip angles are included within said first set of flip angles; NMR signal receiving means for receiving NMR signals from the subject to which the RF pulses are applied; and blood flow imaging means for conducting blood flow imaging based on said NMR signals.