A magnetic resonance imaging device and a control thereof, with the magnetic resonance imaging device including a magnet assembly, a patient table provided with a transfer unit introducing a patient to inside of the magnet assembly and a fixing unit supporting the transfer unit, an image output unit which is provided on the magnet assembly or the patient table to output photographic information or general image information of the magnetic resonance imaging device, and a system control unit configured to perform control such that an image of the image output device is output over a facial area of a patient positioned in the magnet assembly according to a moving distance of the transfer unit and thus the patient sees the photographic information or the general image information in the magnet assembly, thereby providing the patient with photographic information.