Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and method for setting RF shimming parameters

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PATENT NO 10330752
APP PUB NO 20180011155A1
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15547535

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In order to improve B1 non-homogeneity while reducing a local SAR in an object, particularly, in a human tissue during MR imaging, the present invention is characterized in that each of a plurality of irradiation channels is controlled on the basis of RF shimming parameters corresponding to the plurality of irradiation channels, and, in a case of performing imaging sequence of irradiating an object with an RF magnetic field, there is the use of the RF shimming parameters obtained by imposing a constraint condition on at least one of a plurality of principal components obtained through principal component analysis on the RF shimming parameters.

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FUJIFILM CORPORATION26-30 NISHIAZABU 2-CHOME MINATO-KU TOKYO 106-8620

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Ito, Kosuke Tokyo, JP 88 1854
Soutome, Yoshihisa Tokyo, JP 44 543
Takizawa, Masahiro Tokyo, JP 106 2380

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