Patent ID: 6169401
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
In a bore-type magnetic resonance apparatus which includes a main magnetic field generator for providing a magnetic field longitudinally through a bore in which an examination region is defined, a magnetic resonance excitor for exciting a nuclei of a subject in the examination region to resonate, the nuclei generating magnetic resonance signals, and a highpass transmit/receive radio frequency coil disposed in the bore for detecting the magnetic resonance signals from the resonating nuclei of the subject, the transmit/receive radio frequency coil including: exactly 5 parallel legs; 8 capacitive elements located between and interconnecting ends of the 5 legs; a central one of the 5 legs having at least one central leg capacitive element, the side and central leg capacitive elements being symmetric about a midpoint of the central leg such that the coil supports an even resonance mode which is sensitive to a resonance signal component in the plane of the coil and an odd resonance mode which is sensitive to a resonance signal component in a plane orthogonal to the plane of the coil.