| US 7,612,562 B2 | ||
| Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, setting supporting apparatus, and setting supporting method | ||
| Yasutake Yasuhara, Nasushiobara (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-Ku, Tokyo (Japan); and Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, Tochigi (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 15, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/173,100. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2007-187424 (JP), filed on Jul. 18, 2007. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2009/0021257 A1, Jan. 22, 2009 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01V 3/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 324—318 [600/410] | 15 Claims |
| 1. A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus comprising:
a gantry which generates a magnetostatic field space;
a bed which places a subject placed on a top board on the outside of the magnetostatic field space into the magnetostatic
field space by moving the top board;
an RF coil disposed on a surface of the subject or near the subject;
an image capturing unit which acquires a setting image for showing a setting configuration of the subject placed on the top
board on the outside of the magnetostatic field space and a setting configuration of the RF coil placed on the surface of
the subject or near the subject;
a support information generating unit which generates support information including at least the setting image and supporting
at least one of a setting of the subject onto the top board and a setting of the RF coil; and
a display unit which displays the support information.
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