Patent ID: 8368397

Claim:
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus comprising: a static field generation magnet configured to generate a static magnetic field; a gradient coil configured to apply gradient magnetic fields superimposed on the static magnetic field to an object; an RF coil configured to receive a magnetic resonance signal generated by the object; an image reconstructing unit configured to generate a reconstructed image in a reconstruction field of view (FOV) of the object based on the magnetic resonance signal; a correction data storage unit configured to store correction data of a position coordinate, in which the position coordinate in the reconstruction FOV is caused to correspond to a position coordinate in a display FOV included in a reconstruction FOV based on an intensity of the gradient magnetic field at a corresponding position, wherein if both of a first position coordinate and a second position coordinate in the reconstruction FOV correspond to one position coordinate in the display FOV, the correction data for the corresponding position coordinate in the display FOV is based on only the one of the first and second position coordinates that is located closest to a center of the reconstruction FOV; and an image processing unit configured to correct the reconstructed image based on the stored correction data, and to obtain an image of the display FOV.