Abstract: A scan condition setting apparatus sets a scan condition used upon scanning a subject. The apparatus includes a selection device having a plurality of combinations of scan times and image quality and selecting one from within the combinations according to a manipulation of an operator, and a scan condition storage device for storing scan conditions corresponding to the combinations of the scan times and image quality therein. The scan condition corresponding to the combination of the scan times and image quality selected by the selection device is set as the scan condition used when the subject is scanned.

Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a plurality of coil elements for receiving magnetic resonance signals of a subject in a plurality of selectable combinations. The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus also includes a sensitive region storage device for storing respective sensitive regions for the combinations of the coil elements, a setting device for setting scan regions, a calculation device for calculating a scan volume rate indicating each of proportions of overlap regions between the scan regions and the sensitive regions to the scan regions, and a sensitivity volume rate indicating each of proportions of the overlap regions to the sensitive regions, and a selection device for selecting each combination of the coil elements used to receive the magnetic resonance signals of the subject, out of the combinations of the coil elements, based on the scan volume rate and the sensitivity volume rate.

Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a plurality of coil elements for receiving magnetic resonance signals of a subject in a plurality of selectable combinations. The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus also includes a sensitive region storage device for storing respective sensitive regions for the combinations of the coil elements, a setting device for setting scan regions, a calculation device for calculating a scan volume rate indicating each of proportions of overlap regions between the scan regions and the sensitive regions to the scan regions, and a sensitivity volume rate indicating each of proportions of the overlap regions to the sensitive regions, and a selection device for selecting each combination of the coil elements used to receive the magnetic resonance signals of the subject, out of the combinations of the coil elements, based on the scan volume rate and the sensitivity volume rate.

Abstract: A scan condition setting apparatus sets a scan condition used upon scanning a subject. The apparatus includes a selection device having a plurality of combinations of scan times and image quality and selecting one from within the combinations according to a manipulation of an operator, and a scan condition storage device for storing scan conditions corresponding to the combinations of the scan times and image quality therein. The scan condition corresponding to the combination of the scan times and image quality selected by the selection device is set as the scan condition used when the subject is scanned.

Abstract: The present invention is intended to improve imaging efficiency and maneuverability. A dynamic scanning initiation block initiates dynamic scanning in which a plurality of scans is sequentially performed with a time interval between adjoining scans. A dynamic scanning suspension block suspends the dynamic scanning initiated by the dynamic scanning initiation block. A dynamic scanning resumption block resumes the dynamic scanning suspended by the dynamic scanning suspension block.

Abstract: According to the attributes of notification targets such as patients, radiology doctors, and nurses, information owned by medical imaging apparatuses is provided in appropriate timing to improve a workflow of hospitals. A dispatch agent being a software component is executed on a processor of a medical imaging apparatus. Different types of observer terminals (cellular phones, etc.) in which observer agents conforming to the attributes of notification targets operate register information (event) desired for notification in the dispatch agent. The dispatch agent monitors various processing processes being executed in the processor, and on detecting the occurrence of a registered event, notifies the observer terminals of its occurrence. Since the dispatch agent is also a sort of processes executed in the processor, network traffic is not increased by its monitoring of various processing processes.

Abstract: The present invention is intended to improve imaging efficiency and maneuverability. A dynamic scanning initiation block initiates dynamic scanning in which a plurality of scans is sequentially performed with a time interval between adjoining scans. A dynamic scanning suspension block suspends the dynamic scanning initiated by the dynamic scanning initiation block. A dynamic scanning resumption block resumes the dynamic scanning suspended by the dynamic scanning suspension block.