Patent ID: 6774629
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus comprising:an image capturing device for capturing a complex image using magnetic resonance; a histogram calculating device for dividing said complex image into a multiplicity of sections, and generating a phase histogram for each section; a first determining device for determining whether phases of water and fat can be identified from the phase histogram of a section of interest; a first phase obtaining device for obtaining the phases of water and fat in the section of interest from the phase histogram of the section of interest, wherein said first phase obtaining device is configured to obtain the phases of water and fat if it is determined by said first determining device that the phases of water and fat can be identified; an additive phase histogram generating device for generating an additive phase histogram by adding phase histograms of at least two of the sections lying within a predefined range proximate to the section of interest, wherein said additive phase histogram generating device is configured to generate the additive phase histogram if it is determined by said first determining device that the phases of water and fat cannot be identified; and a second phase obtaining device for obtaining the phases of water and fat from said additive phase histogram.