A magnetic resonance imaging method for fully automatically forming a
water/fat separated image by calculation after acquiring data on images
of different echo times, wherein the unwrapping of a phase map showing
the distribution of the phase rotation due to the inhomogeneous static
magnetic field is repeated so as to determine the distribution of the
inhomogeneous static magnetic field by using an index used for judging
whether or not the unwrapping is properly being performed, and wherein
during the formation of a water/fat separated image with correction of
the static magnetic field, the unwrapping is automatically and properly
performed in correcting the static magnetic field, and the water/fat
images are automatically discriminated.