Patent ID: 7034535

Claim:
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, comprising: a static magnetic field generator configured to generate a static magnetic field; a gradient magnetic field generator configured to generate a gradient magnetic field; a main enclosure including the static magnetic field generator and the gradient magnetic field generator; a radio-frequency magnetic field pulse transmitting/receiving unit which applies a radio-frequency pulse to an object and receives a magnetic resonance signal that is generated from the object; a reconstruction unit configured to reconstruct a plurality of images based on the magnetic resonance signal; a position information providing unit configured to select an image including a region of interest from the plurality of images; a couch configured to move a patient in the main enclosure; and a patient couch controller configured to control the couch based on the selected image so that the region of interest is positioned in three dimensions substantially either at the center of the static magnetic field or at the center of the gradient magnetic field.