Patent ID: 8653820

Claim:
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, characterized by comprising: one pair of static magnetic field generating means disposed to sandwich a space in which a test object is placed; magnetic field generating means configured to apply a high-frequency magnetic field and a gradient magnetic field to the test object placed in the static magnetic field; and receiving means configured to receive a nuclear magnetic resonance signal generated from the test object, wherein the receiving means includes a receiving coil having a predetermined coil pattern and can be shaped into a cylinder; wherein the receiving coil includes flexible parts and rigid parts alternately disposed along the circumference direction when shaped into the cylinder; and the flexible parts include a flexible substrate on which a portion of the predetermined coil pattern is mounted and an air-bubbles-containing resin section for covering both surfaces of the flexible substrate, and wherein a thickness of a portion of the air-bubbles-containing resin section positioned on an inner circumference surface side of the flexible parts when shaped into the cylinder is thinner than a portion of the air-bubbles-containing resin section positioned on an outer circumference surface side.