Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and magnetic resonance imaging method
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Application No.: US13863664Application Date: 2013-04-16
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Publication No.: US09726734B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Masashi Hori , Motohiro Miura , Motohisa Yokoi , Sho Kawajiri
- Applicant: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Otawara-Shi, Tochigi-Ken
- Assignee: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Otawara-Shi, Tochigi-Ken
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: JP2012-094899 20120418
- Main IPC: G01V3/00
- IPC: G01V3/00 ; G01R33/28 ; G01R33/385 ; G01R33/54

Abstract:
An MRI apparatus includes a charge/discharge controlling unit, a judging unit and a condition restricting unit. The charge/discharge controlling unit includes a charge/discharge element, receives electric power, and charges the charge/discharge element by using the received electric power. The charge/discharge controlling unit also supplies a gradient magnetic field coil with electric power discharged from the charge/discharge element at a time of performance of magnetic resonance imaging. The judging unit judges whether capacitance of the charge/discharge element falls below a threshold value or not. The condition restricting unit restricts electric power amount supplied to the gradient magnetic field coil by restricting conditions of an imaging sequence, when the capacitance of the charge/discharge element falls below the threshold value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130278267A1 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD Public/Granted day:2013-10-24
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