Patent ID: 7474098
Filing Date: 2009-01-06
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A coil array for use in magnetic resonance experiments on a sample to be tested comprising: a plurality of coil elements tuned to a common frequency for simultaneous parallel reception of signals from a sample to be tested or alternatively in transmission for excitation of a sample to be tested; the coil elements including a first and a second coil elements each having coil dimensions selected and arranged to provide for the coil elements a predetermined depth from the coil of optimum operation within the sample to be tested; the first and second coil elements being placed side by side along a longitudinal direction so as to define, at a line transverse to the longitudinal direction, a rear edge of the first coil which is adjacent to a front edge of the second coil with the front edge of the second coil being separate from the rear edge of the first coil; the coil elements including a third coil element having a first coil section, a second coil section and a third coil section arranged such that: the third coil element being dimensioned and arranged such that it is de-coupled from the first and second coil elements.