Patent ID: 7701216

Claim:
A whole body coil assembly configured for a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, comprising: a supporting tube component having a tube body with at least a portion of said tube body configured to completely surround and enclose the whole body of an examination subject inside the tube body; a plurality of capacitors; a connecting copper sheet, separate from said tube component, having a copper sheet shape conforming to a shape of the tube body; a longitudinal copper sheet, separate from said tube component, having a longitudinal copper sheet shape conforming to the shape of the tube body; said connecting copper sheet, said capacitors and said longitudinal copper sheet forming a whole body coil that is fixed on and carried by said supporting tube body component, and said capacitors being connected in series by said connecting copper sheet; and at least one bracket disposed between said supporting tube body component and said connecting copper sheet that raises said capacitors in a radial direction away from a body surface of the examination subject within the tube body.