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- the present invention relates to a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device that generates a magnetic resonance image using a magnetic resonance phenomenon, and a method of determining whether or not resonance occurs in the magnetic resonance imaging device.
- MRI magnetic resonance imaging
- a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus is a phenomenon in which, when a group of nuclei having a unique magnetic moment is placed in a uniform static magnetic field, the energy of a high-frequency magnetic field rotating at a specific frequency is resonantly absorbed. It is a device that uses a computer to image chemical and physical microscopic information of a substance or observe a chemical shift spectrum.
- Imaging of a diagnostic image by the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus is performed, for example, as follows. That is, the subject is placed in a composite magnetic field including a static magnetic field formed by a magnet and a gradient magnetic field formed by a gradient coil. A high frequency having a predetermined frequency for generating a magnetic resonance phenomenon is applied to the subject set as described above. The applied high frequency causes a magnetic resonance signal to be generated in the subject, which is received by the receiving high-frequency coil and imaged.
- the gradient magnetic field is changed in the static magnetic field at the time of data collection, and therefore a dynamic load is applied to the gradient magnetic field coil by Lorentz force. Further, a dynamic load is also applied to a magnet that generates a static magnetic field due to electromagnetic induction or propagation due to mechanical coupling with a gradient magnetic field coil.
- a dynamic load is also applied to a magnet that generates a static magnetic field due to electromagnetic induction or propagation due to mechanical coupling with a gradient magnetic field coil.
- resonance occurs.
- the amplitude of the vibration increases, causing blurring of the image or degrading the image quality due to signal degradation in a sequence that uses multiple echoes such as the FSE (Fast Spin Echo) method.
- FSE Fast St Spin Echo
- a technique for reducing noise generated due to a change in the gradient magnetic field waveform is disclosed in, for example, It is known from JP-A-4-208134.
- a read pulse intensity and an application time are set within a predetermined range, a set read pulse pulse is estimated, and a read pulse force is also generated from the measured noise characteristics.
- Estimate the power of There is disclosed a technique for estimating a read pulse at which the estimated noise power is minimized, thereby suppressing noise in a sequence in which read pulses are switched at a high speed such as EPI (Echo Planar Imaging).
- EPI Echo Planar Imaging
- the present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus capable of preventing resonance between intrinsic vibration and vibration accompanying a dynamic load. Is to provide.
- the following magnetic resonance imaging apparatus is provided.
- a gradient magnetic field unit for generating a gradient magnetic field an acquisition unit for acquiring a vibration characteristic of a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to a change in the gradient magnetic field generated when imaging a plurality of slices, and the acquired vibration characteristic force resonance occurs
- a judgment unit for judging power A judgment unit for judging power.
- a control method of a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus as described below.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the displacement in the X-axis direction of a gradient magnetic field coil measured by sweeping the frequency of an input signal to the gradient magnetic field coil.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the displacement of the static magnetic field magnet in the Y-axis direction measured by sweeping the frequency of the input signal to the gradient magnetic field coil.
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a control unit when imaging is performed.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a pulse sequence for controlling a gradient magnetic field in the X-axis direction.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a change in frequency characteristics of an input power plot in the X-axis direction when the number of slices is changed.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a pulse sequence in which the polarity of the pulse sequence shown in FIG. 5 is changed to be inverted for each slice.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing changes in the frequency characteristics of the input power spectrum in the X-axis direction in the pulse sequences shown in FIGS. 5 and 7.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to the present embodiment.
- the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus shown in Fig. 1 has a static magnetic field magnet 1, a gradient magnetic field coil 2, a gradient magnetic field control unit 3, a high frequency coil 4, a bed 5, a transmission unit 6, a reception unit 7, a hybrid circuit 8, and a bed control unit. 9 and a computer system 10.
- the static magnetic field magnet 1 has a hollow cylindrical shape, and generates a uniform static magnetic field in an internal space.
- a permanent magnet, a superconducting magnet, or the like is used as the static magnetic field magnet 1, for example, a permanent magnet, a superconducting magnet, or the like.
- the gradient magnetic field coil 2 has a hollow cylindrical shape, and is arranged inside the static magnetic field magnet 1.
- the gradient magnetic field coil 2 includes three coils corresponding to the X, ⁇ , and Z axes orthogonal to each other.
- the gradient magnetic field coil 2 generates a gradient magnetic field in which the three coils individually receive current supply from the gradient magnetic field control unit 3 and the magnetic field strength is inclined along each of the X, Y, and Z axes.
- the Z-axis direction is, for example, the same direction as the static magnetic field.
- the fields correspond to, for example, a slice selection gradient magnetic field Gs, a phase encoding gradient magnetic field Ge, and a lead-out gradient magnetic field Gr.
- the slice selection gradient magnetic field Gs arbitrarily determines the imaging section.
- the phase encoding gradient magnetic field Ge encodes the phase of the magnetic resonance signal according to the spatial position.
- the readout gradient magnetic field Gr encodes the frequency of the magnetic resonance signal according
- the gradient magnetic field control unit 3 generates a slice selection gradient magnetic field Gs, a phase encoding gradient magnetic field Ge, and a readout gradient magnetic field Gr according to a predetermined sequence and imaging conditions set by the control unit 107, for example. Control is performed as is well known.
- the high-frequency coil 4 receives a supply of a high-frequency pulse from the transmission unit 6, and generates a high-frequency magnetic field.
- the high-frequency coil 4 receives a magnetic resonance signal radiated from the subject P under the influence of the high-frequency magnetic field.
- High-frequency coil 4 includes two high-frequency coils (not shown).
- the bed 5 is a table on which the subject P is placed.
- the couch 5 has a top plate which is a part thereof slidable in the left-right direction in FIG. 1, thereby changing the relative positions of the subject P and the high-frequency coil 4.
- Transmitting section 6 has an oscillating section, a phase selecting section, a frequency converting section, an amplitude modulating section, and a high-frequency power amplifying section (all not shown).
- the oscillating unit generates a high-frequency signal having a resonance frequency specific to the target nucleus in a static magnetic field.
- the phase selector selects the phase of the high frequency signal.
- the frequency modulation section frequency-modulates the high-frequency signal output from the phase selection section.
- the amplitude modulator modulates the amplitude of the high-frequency signal output from the frequency modulator according to, for example, the number of sinks.
- the high frequency power amplifier amplifies the high frequency signal output from the amplitude modulator. Then, as a result of the operations of these units, the transmitting unit 6 sends out a high-frequency pulse corresponding to the Larmor frequency to the high-frequency coil 4.
- the receiving unit 7 includes a pre-amplifier, a phase detector, and an analog-to-digital converter (V and deviation are not shown).
- the receiving unit 7 amplifies the magnetic resonance signal output from the hybrid circuit 8.
- the phase detector detects the phase of the magnetic resonance signal output from the preamplifier.
- the analog-to-digital converter converts a signal output from the phase detector into a digital signal.
- the hybrid circuit 8 generates two high-frequency pulses that also supply the high-frequency pulse force transmitted from the transmission unit 6 to each of the two high-frequency coils of the high-frequency coil 4.
- the hybrid circuit 8 combines the magnetic resonance signals respectively output from the two high-frequency coil cards and sends them to the receiving unit 7.
- the couch control unit 9 has a movement mechanism unit and a movement control unit (neither is shown).
- the moving mechanism reciprocates the top of the bed 5 in the axial direction of the static magnetic field magnet 1.
- the movement control unit controls the movement mechanism unit to appropriately move the top plate in response to a command from an operator or the like.
- the computer system 10 has an interface unit 101, a data collection unit 102, a reconstruction unit 103, a storage unit 104, a display unit 105, an input unit 106, and a control unit 107.
- the interface unit 101 is connected to the gradient magnetic field control unit 3, the transmission unit 6, the reception unit 7, the bed control unit 9, and the like.
- the interface unit 101 inputs and outputs signals exchanged between these connected units and the computer system 10.
- the data collection unit 102 converts the digital signal output from the reception unit 7 into an interface unit 1
- the data collection unit 102 stores the collected digital signal, that is, magnetic resonance signal data, in the storage unit 104.
- the reconstruction unit 103 performs post-processing on the magnetic resonance signal data stored in the storage unit 104
- a reconstruction such as Fourier transform is executed to obtain the stereogram data or image data of the desired nuclear spin in the subject P.
- the storage unit 104 stores the magnetic resonance signal data and the spectrum data or the image data.
- the storage unit 104 stores input spectrum information that is input when the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus is installed.
- the display unit 105 controls various information such as spectrum data or image data by the control unit 1.
- a display unit 105 a display device such as a liquid crystal display can be used.
- the input unit 106 receives various commands and information inputs from the operator.
- a pointing device such as a mouse or a trackball
- a selection device such as a mode switching switch
- an input device such as a keyboard
- the control unit 107 has a CPU, a memory, and the like (not shown), and controls the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus of the present embodiment as a whole.
- the control unit 107 has a setting function, an estimation function, and a determination function in addition to a control function for realizing a known operation of the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus.
- the control unit 107 sets the imaging conditions by the setting function.
- the control unit 107 estimates the frequency characteristics of the vibration in each of the X, Y, and Z axes of the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus accompanying the operation for imaging under the set imaging conditions. Using the determination function, the control unit 107 determines whether or not resonance will occur in the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus due to imaging under the above imaging conditions.
- the storage unit 104 stores input spectrum information indicating the characteristic of the natural vibration of the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus along each of the X, ⁇ , and Z axes. Let it be.
- the input spectrum information is obtained by estimating in advance the frequency characteristics of vibrations determined by the relationship between the static magnetic field magnet 1 and the gradient magnetic field coil 2 and their support systems for each of the X, ⁇ , and Z axes. They are created by performing filter processing that emphasizes components near the natural frequency.
- the above estimation of the frequency characteristic can be performed based on the output of an acceleration sensor installed at an appropriate position of the support mechanism of the static magnetic field magnet 1 and the gradient magnetic field coil 2.
- the frequency of the input signal to the gradient magnetic field coil 2 is swept, and the vibration (displacement) at each frequency is measured.
- an impulse is used as an input signal to the gradient magnetic field coil 2, and a Fourier transform of the response is performed.
- FIG. 2 shows the displacement in the X-axis direction of the gradient magnetic field coil 2 measured by sweeping the frequency of the input signal to the gradient magnetic field coil 2.
- FIG. 3 shows the displacement of the static magnetic field magnet 1 in the Y-axis direction measured by sweeping the frequency of the input signal to the gradient coil 2.
- FIGS. 2 and 3 shows a state in which the same magnetic resonance imaging apparatus is supported by two support methods, respectively. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, even with the same magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, the natural frequency changes due to the difference in the supporting method. For this reason, for example, during initial adjustment work after installation of a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, measurement of frequency characteristics, It is preferable that the operator creates the input spectrum information and inputs the information outside the input spectrum.
- control unit 107 executes processing as shown in FIG.
- step ST1 the control unit 107 uses the setting function to set imaging conditions (such as a sequence type and an imaging parameter used for imaging) based on an instruction from the input unit 106 by an operator or the like.
- imaging conditions such as a sequence type and an imaging parameter used for imaging
- step ST2 the control unit 107 uses the estimation function to determine the gradient magnetic field for slice selection Gs, the gradient magnetic field for phase encoding Ge, and the gradient magnetic field for readout Gr required for imaging under the conditions set in step ST1. Calculate the respective gradient magnetic field waveforms and determine their frequency characteristics. That is, the control unit 107 estimates the frequency characteristics of the gradient magnetic field in each of the X, Z, and Z axis directions.
- step ST3 the control unit 107 determines the X-, Y-, and Z-axis directions from the estimated frequency characteristics and the input spectrum indicated by the input spectrum information stored in the storage unit 104 by the determination function. Calculate the vibration power.
- the natural frequency has a relatively small value of 911 Hz. Assuming that up to 5 times higher harmonics will greatly affect the vibration of the magnetic resonance imaging device, the characteristics (lowest frequency) up to the frequency of 1Z5 of the natural frequency are calculated to calculate the above vibration power. There is a need to. In other words, if the natural frequency is 9-11 Hz, it is necessary to understand the characteristics up to about 1.8-2.2 Hz.
- the natural frequency is not significantly higher than in the above example, so it is usually necessary to calculate the frequency characteristics from a gradient magnetic field waveform over 200 ms or more.
- a pulse sequence for driving the gradient magnetic field coil 2 is completed in one slice period. Therefore, the calculation of the frequency characteristics needs to be based on all the gradient magnetic field waveforms for one slice. Since the duration of one slice is at most about one hundred and several tens of ms, the gradient magnetic field waveform for one slice is not enough for the above 200 ms. Therefore, in step ST2, the frequency characteristics are calculated from the gradient magnetic field waveforms for a plurality of slices.
- step ST4 the control unit 107 uses the determination function to determine whether any of the vibration powers in the respective axial directions calculated in step ST3 is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold. If YES is determined in step ST4, control unit 107 proceeds from step ST4 to step ST5.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a pulse sequence for controlling the gradient magnetic field in the X-axis direction.
- the pulse sequence shown in Fig. 5 is for an FSE sequence with an echo interval of 20 ms, a repetition time (TR) of 4000 ms, and 15 slices.
- Fig. 6 shows the results of calculating the input power spectra in the X-axis direction when the number of slices alone was changed to 15, 13, and 12 in addition to 15 slices.
- FIG. 6 shows that changing the number of slices changes the frequency at which the input power increases. Therefore, by changing the number of slices among the imaging parameters that have already been set, it is possible to change the frequency characteristics of the vibration of the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus associated with the imaging operation, that is, the vibration associated with the dynamic load.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a pulse sequence in which the polarity of the pulse sequence shown in FIG. 5 is changed for each slice.
- Figure 8 shows the results of calculating the input power spectra in the X-axis direction when the pulse sequence shown in Fig. 5 is applied and when the pulse sequence shown in Fig. 7 is applied.
- FIG. 8 shows that the frequency at which the input power increases changes by switching between the pulse sequence in which the polarity is not inverted and the pulse sequence in which the polarity is inverted.
- step ST5 an element that can change the frequency characteristic of the vibration associated with the dynamic load among the already set sequence type or imaging parameter is changed as described above.
- any one of the elements to be changed may be fixedly determined, or may be selected by the user.
- the control unit 107 may automatically change a predetermined element, or may change the predetermined element in accordance with a user's instruction.
- control unit 107 repeats the processing after step ST2. As a result, the sequence type or the imaging parameter is changed until all the vibration powers in the respective axial directions calculated in step ST3 become less than the predetermined threshold. Then, if NO is determined in step ST4, control unit 107 proceeds from step ST4 to step ST6.
- step ST6 the control unit 107 uses the setting function to determine the type of the sequence and the imaging parameters set at this time as conditions to be used in actual imaging. Then, after that, the control unit 107 shifts to imaging processing under the above determined conditions.
- the imaging conditions are set so that resonance does not occur in each of the X, Y, and z axis directions. Therefore, the vibration of the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus can be prevented well. it can.
- it is difficult for resonance to occur in a specific axial direction under any imaging conditions In some cases, even if all resonances occur in the direction, a large vibration with a small power does not occur. In such a case, the processing for avoiding resonance in a specific axial direction may be omitted, and the above processing may be performed only in the one-axis direction or the two-axis direction.
- step ST3 is omitted.
- the frequency characteristics of the vibration caused by the dynamic load can be changed by increasing the repetition time (TR) without changing the number of slices and reducing the number of slices per unit time.
- TR repetition time
- a gradient magnetic field that is repeatedly output so as to overlap with the natural frequency is searched for, and its intensity is reduced within a range that does not hinder the imaging. Resonance can be avoided by reducing the components near the natural frequency. Therefore, the element of the imaging condition to be changed may be another element such as the above-described repetition time or intensity.
- the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as it is, and may be embodied by modifying constituent elements in an implementation stage without departing from the scope of the invention.
- Various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the above embodiments. For example, some components, such as all components shown in the embodiment, may be deleted.
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