In diffusion weighted imaging, motion monitoring navigation echoes are measured at every measurement of data after applying an RF excitation pulse, and one of them is set as a reference navigation echo. The reference navigation echo and other navigation echoes are one-dimensionally Fourier-transformed, a linear phase gradient thereof is calculated from those data, a linear phase gradient of the reference navigation echo is compared with those of other navigation echoes, and it is judged whether a difference therebetween is within an acceptable value or not. An echo signal corresponding to a navigation echo having the above difference being larger than the acceptable value is judged that correction based on the navigated motion correction is not applicable therein, and the image is produced by using an echo signal measured along with a navigation echo having the difference being the acceptable value or less. In this manner, a motion component inciuded in the echo signai used for producing the image is made uniform and motion artifacts are eliminated.
