title: Radiofrequency microcoils for magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy.
abstract: Small radiofrequency coils, often termed "microcoils", have found extensive use in many areas of magnetic resonance. Their advantageous properties include a very high intrinsic sensitivity, a high (several MHz) excitation and reception bandwidth, the fact that large arrays can fit within the homogeneous volume of the static magnetic field, and the very high resonance frequencies (several GHz) that can be achieved. This review concentrates on recent developments in the construction of single and multiple RF microcoil systems, and new types of experiments that can be performed using such assemblies.
authors.affiliation: C.J. Gorter Center for High Field MRI, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. a.webb@lumc.nl
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Webb
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003080:Cold Temperature; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D004867:Equipment Design; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011846:Radio Waves; D059629:Signal-To-Noise Ratio