Capacitive versus Overlap Decoupling of Adjacent Radio Frequency Phased Array Coil Elements: An Imaging Robustness Comparison When Sample Load Varies for 3 Tesla MRI

Figure 2

Schematic showing component placement on the small and large 2-ch PA coils. (a) Small 2-ch CD PA coil. (b) Small 2-ch OD PA coil. (c) Large 2-ch CD PA coil. (d) Large 2-ch OD PA coil. The inductors (L_m1 and L_m2) and excitation ports (P₁ and P₂) are labeled as well. The relative size of the small and large 2-ch PA coils is not to scale.

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