General Electric Company
SYSTEMS FOR A RADIO FREQUENCY COIL ASSEMBLY

Abstract:

Various methods and systems are provided for radio frequency (RF) coils for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In one embodiment, an RF coil assembly for an MRI system includes a first end including a first set of flexible RF coil elements having a first shape, a second end including a second set of flexible RF coil elements having the first shape, and a central section extending between the first end and the second end and including a saddle shaped RF coil element. The first and second ends are bendable to the central section and the saddle shaped RF coil element is a different shape than the first shape. The saddle shaped RF coil element and each RF coil element of the first and second sets of RF coil elements includes a coupling electronics portion and at least two parallel, distributed capacitance wire conductors encapsulated and separated by a dielectric material.