Patent ID: 7450984

Claim:
A local coil arrangement for a magnetic resonance system comprising: a flexible non-rigid retainer structure having a waistband; a flexible antenna arrangement built into said retainer structure, said antenna arrangement including a perineum element having a middle section; said retainer structure with said antenna arrangement built therein being configured to be donned by an examination subject as non-rigid apparel to bring said middle section of said perineum element adjacent the perineum of the subject with said perineum element extending from a front side of the perineum to a back side of the perineum; and said antenna arrangement comprising a conductor configuration selected from the group consisting of (a) a conductor forming a half loop comprising said perineum element and extending from said front side to said back side of the perineum, said half loop having two half-loop ends, and a single connecting ring attached to said ends and (b) a ring conductor connected to said perineum element configured to proceed around the subject substantially parallel to the waistband.