Patent ID: 7382132

Claim:
A magnetic resonance (MR) coil apparatus comprising: a first surface coil array having three circular coils overlapping one another and configured to be positioned adjacent to an imaging patient such that a first region-of-interest (ROI) of the imaging patient is within a field-of-view (FOV) of the first coil array; a second surface coil array having three circular coils overlapping one another and configured to be positioned adjacent to the imaging patient such that a second ROI of the imaging patient is within an FOV of the second coil array; a first former having the first coil array attached thereto; a first pliable positioning device attached to the first former and constructed to allow positioning of the first former adjacent to the imaging patient such that the first ROI is within the FOV of the first coil array; a second former having the second coil array attached thereto; and a second pliable positioning device attached to the second former and constructed to allow positioning of the second former adjacent to the imaging patient such that the second ROI is within the FOV of the second coil array.