PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus for an animal capable of reconstructing a tomographic image whose cross section in a state that an animal is standing with four legs can be easily grasped.SOLUTION: An MR imaging device 1 for an animal includes: an input device 22 for inputting subject information including at least a body position of a subject A which is an animal and an imaging condition including at least a cross section type imaging means 9 for generating a nuclear magnetic-resonance signal by the imaging condition, and detecting the nuclear magnetic-resonance signal a control part 6 for controlling the imaging means 9 and an image reconstruction processing part 23 for reconstructing the image from the detected nuclear magnetic-resonance signal. The image reconstruction processing part 23 creates a reconstructed image in which the image is rotated so as to correspond to the cases viewed from the front, the back, the top or the side of the subject A in a posture standing with four legs according to the body position designated as the subject information and the cross section designated as the imaging condition.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】動物が四足で立った状態における断面が把握し易い断層画像を再構成することができる動物用磁気共鳴イメージング装置を提供する。【解決手段】動物用MRイメージング装置1は、動物である被検体Aの少なくとも体位を含む被検体情報と少なくとも断面種類を含む撮像条件とを入力する入力デバイス22と、前記撮像条件で核磁気共鳴信号を発生させると共に当該核磁気共鳴信号を検出する撮像手段9と、撮像手段9を制御する制御部6と、検出された核磁気共鳴信号から画像を再構成する画像再構成処理部23と、を備え、画像再構成処理部23は、被検体情報として指定された体位と撮像条件として指定された断面とに応じて、被検体Aの四足で立った姿勢における正面、後面、上面又は側面から見た場合に対応するように画像を回転させた再構成画像を作成する。【選択図】図1
