Magnetic resonance imaging system

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PATENT NO 5377679
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07796924

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An MRI system includes static and gradient field generators for respectively generating static and gradient fields to be applied to an object, a radio-frequency (RF) field transmitter/receiver for transmitting and receiving an RF field, a sequence controller for applying the gradient field and the RF field to the object at a predetermined timing while the object is being applied with the static field, thereby causing a predetermined MR phenomenon, a signal processor for performing predetermined processing of MR signal data detected through the RF field transmitter/receiver to obtain an MR image, and a display for displaying the image obtained by the signal processor. The sequence controller comprises a multi-slice controller for executing a multi-slice method using a sequence with a relatively long echo time so that an MR signal of a proton of a fat is suppressed and an MR signal of a proton of a CSF is emphasized. The signal processor comprises a summation processor for synthesizing multi-slice images as a plurality of slice images by summation to obtain a synthesized image.

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KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBATOKYO

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hatanaka, Masahiko Nishinasunomachi, JP 14 95
Kitane, Shinichi Ootawara, JP 16 80
Machida, Yoshio Nishinasunomachi, JP 46 771

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