Patent ID: 7602186

Claim:
An RF system configured for a magnetic resonance imaging device comprising: a main magnet system configured to define an imaging bore; a support configured to support and move a subject longitudinally into and along the bore; a gradient coil system configured to create magnetic field gradients in the imaging bore; an RF transmitter coil subsystem configured to transmit RF pulses into the imaging bore; an RF receiver coil subsystem including: a first RF coil structure that is positioned in the bore entirely below the plane of the support and is longitudinally movably mounted to the main magnet system, the support being longitudinally movable independently of the first RF coil structure and the first RF coil structure being configured to move longitudinally independently of the support and to move longitudinally independent of the main magnet system; and, a second RF coil structure configured to be attached to and above the subject being analyzed such that the second RF coil structure moves together with the subject, independent of the first RF coil structure.