Patent ID: 6066950
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
An MR imaging method comprising the steps of:dividing an imaging region into a plurality of partial regions each of which can be imaged by one fast imaging sequence;selectively exciting one of the partial regions to be imaged by the fast imaging sequence so that the one of the partial regions is included within a selectively excited region and the selective excitation is performed at a first angle formed as intersecting the imaging region;selectively inverting the one of the partial regions so that the main portion of the one of the partial regions is included within a selectively inverted region and the selective inversion is performed at a second angle having an inclination different from that of the first angle and formed as intersecting the imaging region; andobtaining an MR image of substantially all of the imaging region by performing the selective excitation and the selective inversion in the predetermined order for each of the divided partial regions and imaging each of the partial regions by the fast imaging sequence.