Patent ID: 8093895

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; applying a plurality of refocus pulses after each of the radio frequency excitation pulses; for controlling a contrast, applying one or more frequency-selective or slice-selective radio frequency intermediate pulses, wherein each of the one or more radio frequency intermediate pulses is separately applied between at least one respective pair of successive refocus pulses, and the one or more frequency-selective radio frequency intermediate pulses are radio frequency pulses applied to a matter having a resonance frequency different from that of NMR signals acquired for imaging and the one or more slice-selective radio frequency intermediate pulses are radio frequency pulses applied in a slice different from an imaging slice; for suppressing a signal component, applying a spoiler gradient magnetic pulse subsequent to each of the radio frequency intermediate pulses; and acquiring magnetic resonance signals for imaging; and an image data generating unit configured to generate image data based on the magnetic resonance signals.