Patent ID: 8896309

Claim:
A radiofrequency (RF) coil unit comprising: a coil housing comprising a first side; an RF coil disposed in the coil housing; a lever movably attached to the coil housing; and a rigid coil connector extending away from the first side of the coil housing, the rigid coil connector being in communication with the RF coil of the coil housing, wherein the lever is operable to be moved into a corresponding recess in a support of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, the movement of the lever into the corresponding recess causing movement of the coil housing along a patient table supporting the coil housing, the rigid coil connector being physically attached to and in communication with a connector of a data acquisition system of the MRI system and a position of the coil housing being fixed relative to a position of the connector of the data acquisition system of the MRI system after the movement of the lever into the corresponding recess.