A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an input unit, a data
acquisition unit and an image generating unit. The input unit inputs
information indicating a matter of which resonance frequency is a center
frequency of an excitation pulse. The data acquisition unit acquires
magnetic resonance data with obtaining a steady state free precession.
Each of the plural excitation pulses has a transmission phase varying by
a variation amount determined based on a difference between a resonance
frequency and the center frequency. The image generating unit generates
an image of the desired matter based on the magnetic resonance data.