Patent ID: 7308298

Claim:
A magnetic resonance imaging system comprising: MT-pulse applying means for applying to an object an MT (magnetization transfer) pulse formed as RF (radio frequency) pulse of (i) a frequency which is off-resonance at a region to be imaged, (ii) duration less than 10 ms, and (iii) a waveform based on either a Sinc function or a Gaussian function; gradient applying means for applying, concurrently with application of the MT pulse, a gradient pulse to select an applied position of the MT pulse to the object so that the applied position of the MT pulse is different from the region to be imaged; spoiler applying means for applying a gradient spoiler pulse to the object after applying both the MT pulse and the gradient pulse to the region to be imaged; and scanning means for performing a scan to acquire an echo signal from the region to be imaged after applying the gradient spoiler pulse.