Patent ID: 8301225
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: A61B,G01R,G06T

Abstract:
1. A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus comprising: an image generating unit configured to generate magnetic resonance images by acquiring magnetic resonance signals from an examined subject who repeatedly executes a task with an intermission resting period; a functional image generating unit configured to generate a functional-diagnosis-purpose magnetic resonance image from said magnetic resonance images; an image generation controlling unit configured to control the functional image generating unit to generate a plurality of functional images along a time series by separating a plurality of magnetic resonance images that have been generated along the time series during a collecting period into image groups, each of which corresponds to a predetermined temporal phase and by performing a statistical process on each of the separated image groups, the collecting period being configured so that the resting period and a task-execution period during which the task is executed are repeated therein a plurality of times along the time series; and a display controlling unit configured to cause the plurality of functional images along the time series that have been generated under control of the image generation controlling unit to be displayed by a display unit.