Patent ID: 7999548

Claim:
A device configured for detecting magnetic resonance imaging radiofrequency signals simultaneously and independently from right and left legs of a patient, comprising: a first left leg quadrature volume coil having a first mode and a second mode; a first right leg quadrature volume coil having a third mode and a fourth mode; no conductive shielding surrounding or between the left leg quadrature volume coil and the right leg quadrature volume coil; a fixed orientation of the first right leg quadrature volume coil with respect to the first left leg quadrature volume coil with: the first mode being perpendicular to the second mode; the third mode being perpendicular to the fourth mode; the first mode being parallel to the third mode; and the second mode being parallel to the fourth mode; and two adjustable shared reactive components which controllably decouple modes that are parallel between the first right leg quadrature volume coil and the first left leg quadrature volume coil, with the first and third modes physically and electrically connected to one another by one shared reactive component and the second and fourth modes physically and electrically connected to one another by the second shared reactive component; wherein the shared reactive components are adjusted to decouple from one another the modes that are parallel to one another.