Surface coil magnetic resonance imaging.
A surface coil is used as a receiver in a crossed-coil arrangement with a conventional circumferential transmitter coil in a magnetic resonance imaging system. The improved signal-to-noise ratio for objects close to the coil, compared with a conventional circumferential saddle-shaped receiver coil, permits higher resolution imaging of relatively superficial structures such as the orbit, neck, chest wall, and lumbar spine.
D006801:Humans; D008161:Lumbosacral Region / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D009333:Neck / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D009915:Orbit / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D013909:Thorax / Q000033:anatomy & histology