Patent ID: 7446527

Claim:
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus configured to execute an actual scan in which an RF coil unit transmits an RF pulse to an imaging area of a subject in a static magnetic field space and receives a magnetic resonance signal generated in the imaging area in response to the RF pulse, said magnetic resonance imaging apparatus further configured to generate an actual scan image of the imaging area based on the magnetic resonance signal acquired by the execution of the actual scan, said magnetic resonance imaging apparatus comprising: an image correcting unit configured to correct the actual scan image, said image correcting unit comprises: a transmission sensitivity distribution calculating part configured to calculate a transmission sensitivity distribution at the time that said RF coil unit transmits the RF pulse to the imaging area; and a threshold processing part configured to threshold-process the transmission sensitivity distribution calculated by said transmission sensitivity distribution calculating part, said image correcting unit configured to correct the actual scan image using the threshold-processed transmission sensitivity distribution.