Patent ID: 7602187

Claim:
A radio frequency receive coil for receiving a magnetic resonance signal, the receive coil comprising: a radio frequency antenna including one or more electrical conductors; and at least one electrical component mounted to be shielded from interfering with the magnetic resonance signal by one of the electrical conductors, wherein at least one of the conductors is a substantially hollow conductor and the at least one electrical component is disposed inside the substantially hollow conductor, the substantially hollow conductor including a laminated conductive material laminated onto a printed circuit board and one of: (i) a portion of said laminated conductive material being delaminated from the printed circuit board and folded over the at least one electrical component to enclose said at least one electrical component, and (ii) the at least one electrical component being disposed on the laminated conductive material and a covering electrically conductive foil covering the at least one electrical component and sealed with the laminated conductive material to enclose said at least one electrical component.