Invention Grant
- Patent Title: MRI apparatus
- Patent Title (中): MRI装置
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Application No.: US12014117Application Date: 2008-01-15
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Publication No.: US07642778B2Publication Date: 2010-01-05
- Inventor: Kazuya Tanoue , Katsutoshi Kokubun , Yoshiteru Watanabe
- Applicant: Kazuya Tanoue , Katsutoshi Kokubun , Yoshiteru Watanabe
- Applicant Address: JP Minato-ku, Tokyo JP Tochigi-Ken, Otawara-Shi
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Minato-ku, Tokyo JP Tochigi-Ken, Otawara-Shi
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye PC
- Priority: JP2007-007253 20070116
- Main IPC: G01V3/00
- IPC: G01V3/00

Abstract:
An MRI apparatus for performing an MRI examination to an object by sequentially applying an imaging method group, which is constituted by time-sequentially arranging a plurality of different imaging methods, to each of the imaging methods, has an imaging method group setting unit, a performing order setting unit and an imaging condition setting unit. The imaging method group setting unit sets the imaging method group. The performing order setting unit sets a performing order as a performing order of the imaging methods constituting the imaging method group. The imaging condition setting unit sets an imaging condition to each of the imaging methods. The workflow setting unit obtains an examination history data corresponding to the imaging method group, the performing order and the imaging condition from the examination history data previously stored to a storage unit, and sets a first workflow relating to the MRI examination by estimating an imaging time of each of the imaging methods in the performing order based on the obtained examination history data.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080211496A1 MRI APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2008-09-04
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