A storage unit stores a parameter list that defines a method of creating scanning conditions for a preparation scan from scanning conditions set for a main scan, with respect to each type of scanning. A scanning-condition edit/scan positioning unit receives an operation of selecting a type of a preparation scan, and when the operation of selecting the type of the preparation scan is received, the scanning-parameter limit calculating unit acquires the parameter list corresponding to the type of the preparation scan, from among the parameter lists stored by the storage unit, creates scanning conditions for the preparation scan from scanning conditions set for a main scan based on the parameter list corresponding to the type of the preparation scan. The pulse-sequence execution-data creating unit then causes execution of the preparation scan based on the created scanning conditions.