Patent ID: 7298145

Claim:
A radiofrequency (RF) resonator for magnetic resonance analysis, the RF resonator comprising: (a) at least two conductive elements, each having a first curvature along a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis, said at least two conductive elements being spaced along said longitudinal axis, so that when an RF current flows within said at least two conductive elements in a direction of said longitudinal axis, a substantially homogenous RF magnetic field, directed perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, is produced in a volume defined between said at least two conductive elements; and (b) an electronic circuitry designed and configured for providing predetermined resonance characteristics of the RF resonator, for matching an impedance of the RF resonator to an impedance of an RF transmitter electrically communicating with said electronic circuitry, and for balancing said RF magnetic field to have a substantially symmetrical profile with respect to a transverse axis being perpendicular to said longitudinal axis.