Abstract: Preventing blood flow artifacts from being increased in an imaging plane allows reduction of the blood flow artifacts in the cross section subsequently excited. In the imaging using a spin-echo (SE) pulse sequence, an excitation width of a 90° pulse is extended from an imaging plane to one side. This one side indicates a downstream side of the blood flow with respect to a vessel of interest. In imaging multiple slices, the order of measuring the multiple imaging slices is set along the direction in which the width is extended.

Abstract: A CPU generates the reference value (root mean squared value) of sound level and outputs it to a DSP, the DSP generates a measured value of sound level (root mean squared value), and compares thus-generated measured value of sound level (root mean squared value) with the reference value (root mean squared value) of sound level received from the CPU, and outputs a signal expressing the result of comparison to a display device, to thereby enable comparison of the measured value of sound level (root mean squared value) with the reference value (root mean squared value) of sound level, every time the sampling takes place in synchronization with the sampling frequency in the A/D converter.

Abstract: A CPU generates the reference value (root mean squared value) of sound level and outputs it to a DSP, the DSP generates a measured value of sound level (root mean squared value), and compares thus-generated measured value of sound level (root mean squared value) with the reference value (root mean squared value) of sound level received from the CPU, and outputs a signal expressing the result of comparison to a display device, to thereby enable comparison of the measured value of sound level (root mean squared value) with the reference value (root mean squared value) of sound level, every time the sampling takes place in synchronization with the sampling frequency in the A/D converter.