An RF receiving coil assembly for a magnetic resonance imaging system includes a flexible enclosure. The RF coil assembly also includes an RF coil enclosed within the flexible enclosure. The RF coil includes a plurality of loops, each loop of the plurality of loops having a same perimeter.

Improved loop-gap resonators applicable to Electron-Spin Resonance spectroscopy and to quantum computing employ interdigitated capacitor structures to dramatically increase the capacitance of the resonator, along with corresponding decreases in loop size to enable measurements of small-volume samples or individual quantum bits (qubits). The interdigitated-capacitor structures are designed to minimize parasitic inductance.

Improved loop-gap resonators applicable to Electron-Spin Resonance spectroscopy and to quantum computing employ interdigitated capacitor structures to dramatically increase the capacitance of the resonator, along with corresponding decreases in loop size to enable measurements of small-volume samples or individual quantum bits (qubits). The interdigitated-capacitor structures are designed to minimize parasitic inductance.

An RF receiving coil assembly for a magnetic resonance imaging system includes a flexible enclosure. The RF coil assembly also includes an RF coil enclosed within the flexible enclosure. The RF coil includes a plurality of loops, each loop of the plurality of loops having a same perimeter.

An RF receiving coil assembly for a magnetic resonance imaging system includes a flexible enclosure. The RF coil assembly also includes an RF coil enclosed within the flexible enclosure. The RF coil includes a plurality of loops, each loop of the plurality of loops having a same perimeter.

An RF receiving coil assembly for a magnetic resonance imaging system includes a flexible enclosure. The RF coil assembly also includes an RF coil enclosed within the flexible enclosure. The RF coil includes a plurality of loops, each loop of the plurality of loops having a same perimeter.

An RF receiving coil assembly for a magnetic resonance imaging system includes a flexible enclosure. The RF coil assembly also includes an RF coil enclosed within the flexible enclosure. The RF coil includes a plurality of loops, each loop of the plurality of loops having a same perimeter.

The exemplary system and method facilitate excitation of RF magnetic fields in ultra-high field (UHF) magnetic resonance (MRI) systems (e.g., MRI/NMR system) using a slotted waveguide array (SWGA) as an exciter coil. The exemplary exciter coil, in some embodiments, is configurable to provide RF magnetic field B.sub.1.sup.+ with high field-uniformity, with high efficiency, with excellent circular polarization, with negligible axial z-component, with arbitrary large field of view, and with exceptional possibilities for field-optimizations via RF shimming.

The exemplary system and method facilitate excitation of RF magnetic fields in ultra-high field (UHF) magnetic resonance (MRI) systems (e.g., MRI/NMR system) using a slotted waveguide array (SWGA) as an exciter coil. The exemplary exciter coil, in some embodiments, is configurable to provide RF magnetic field B.sub.1.sup.+ with high field-uniformity, with high efficiency, with excellent circular polarization, with negligible axial z-component, with arbitrary large field of view, and with exceptional possibilities for field-optimizations via RF shimming.

The exemplary system and method facilitate excitation of RF magnetic fields in ultra-high field (UHF) magnetic resonance (MRI) systems (e.g., MRI/NMR system) using a slotted waveguide array (SWGA) as an exciter coil. The exemplary exciter coil, in some embodiments, is configurable to provide RF magnetic field B.sub.1.sup.+ with high field-uniformity, with high efficiency, with excellent circular polarization, with negligible axial z-component, with arbitrary large field of view, and with exceptional possibilities for field-optimizations via RF shimming.