Patent ID: 8441259

Claim:
A magnetic resonance coil comprising: a first set of coil elements operatively connectable with a transmit channel to couple with a transmit region of sensitivity for a selected load at a magnetic field strength, the first set of coil elements being arranged proximate to but not surrounding the transmit region of sensitivity; and a second set of coil elements operatively connectable with a receive channel to couple with a receive region of sensitivity for the selected load at the magnetic field strength, the second set of coil elements being arranged proximate to but not surrounding the receive region of sensitivity; wherein the first set of coil elements and the second set of coil elements have at least one coil element not in common; and wherein the first and second sets of coil elements define substantially similar transmit and receive regions of sensitivity for the selected load at the magnetic field strength, wherein the first set of coil elements are assigned to a transmit phase and the second set of coil elements are assigned to a receive phase, and wherein the first set of coil elements is rotationally offset from the second set of coil elements.