Patent ID: 8410781

Claim:
A system comprising: a high temperature superconductor (HTS) receiver coil, wherein the HTS receiver coil comprises a multi-coil Helmholtz coil configuration, wherein the HTS receiver coils of the multi-coil Helmholtz coil configuration are adapted for very low field strength imaging of a small volume subject; a cryostat adapted to incarcerate the HTS receiver coil in a cold media and to maintain the HTS receiver coil at a desired operating temperature during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of a subject, wherein the cryostat and HTS receiver coils are adapted for disposing in an infant incubator; and coil circuitry coupled to the HTS receiver coil and adapted to interface the HTS receiver coil to a MRI host system, wherein the coil circuitry comprises adjustable tuning circuitry adapted to tune a resonant frequency of the HTS receiver coil to a field frequency of the MRI host system.