Patent ID: 8228063
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: A61B,G01R

Abstract:
1. A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus comprising: a data acquisition unit configured to acquire plural sets of magnetic resonance data for generating plural species of image data of an object having contrasts that are mutually different from each other, said sets of acquired data having mutually different data amounts respectively corresponding to parameter values for controlling respectively corresponding image contrasts to mutually different values; and an image data generating unit configured to generate the plural species of the image data by performing both image reconstruction processing and composition processing of the plural sets of magnetic resonance data or of plural sets of data derived from the plural sets of magnetic resonance data, wherein said data acquisition unit is configured to acquire the plural sets of magnetic resonance data wherein magnetic resonance data corresponding to at least one parameter value for controlling contrast has an amount of data necessary to generate image data and magnetic resonance data corresponding to at least one other parameter value for controlling contrast which has a data amount smaller than that necessary to generate image data.