Method and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging using contrast agent

Monitor scans are performed before imaging scans with respect to a patient injected with a contrast agent. Magnetic resonance images of a plurality of slices of the patient are acquired, usually continuously, in the monitor scans. Projection images are generated from the magnetic resonance images for the plurality of slices, and these projection images are dynamically displayed images. The operator observes the monitor image and issues an instruction for imaging scans. Since a projection image is displayed as the monitor image, then even if a blood vessel is distributed over a three-dimensional area, the operator is still able to ascertain accurately the timing at which the contrast agent reaches the diagnostic region.