Patent ID: 7279898

Claim:
A radio-frequent coil system for use in a magnetic resonance imaging system, comprising at least one electrical main coil for transmitting an RF magnetic field into an examination volume of the MRI system and/or receiving an RF magnetic field from the examination volume, said main coil having a main coil axis which is to be oriented substantially parallel to a main magnetic field of the MRI system in the examination volume, said main coil having at least one electrical conductor extending mainly parallel to the main coil axis, wherein the RF coil system comprises at least two electrical auxiliary coils assigned to said conductor of the main coil and arranged on opposite sides of said conductor of the main coil, each auxiliary coil having a coil axis extending substantially parallel to the main coil axis at a distance from said conductor of the main coil, wherein said distance is small relative to a main dimension of the main coil, wherein the two auxiliary coils are connected in series in an electrical anti-phase mode.