Patent ID: 8779767

Claim:
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus comprising: a data acquisition unit configured to perform an imaging scan based on a Fast Spin Echo sequence, the imaging scan including: applying at least one radio frequency excitation pulse for acquiring magnetic resonance signals; for controlling a contrast, applying one or more frequency-selective or slice-selective radio frequency intermediate pulses after applying the radio frequency excitation pulse, wherein each of the one or more frequency-selective radio frequency intermediate pulse is a radio frequency pulse applied to a matter having a resonance frequency different from that of NMR signals acquired for imaging and each of the one or more slice-selective radio frequency intermediate pulse is a radio frequency pulse applied in a slice different from an imaging slice; for suppressing a signal component, applying a spoiler gradient magnetic field subsequent to each of the radio frequency intermediate pulse; and acquiring the magnetic resonance signals for imaging after applying the spoiler gradient magnetic field; and an image data generating unit configured to generate image data based on the magnetic resonance signals.