Patent ID: 7932721

Claim:
An apparatus for imaging, comprising: a radio frequency (RF) coil array comprising a first RF coil and at least one additional RF coil, the RF coil array adapted to generate an image signal, wherein the first RF coil is inductively decoupled from the at least one additional RF coil; a preamplifier having an input impedance, the preamplifier adapted to receive the image signal from the first RF coil; another preamplifier having another input impedance, the other preamplifier adapted to receive the image signal from the at least one additional RF coil; a first transformer to couple the first RF coil to the preamplifier, impedance of the first transformer to match the input impedance of the preamplifier and a second transformer to couple the at least one additional RF coil to the other preamplifier, impedance of the second transformer to match the input impedance of the other preamplifier.