Wireless-type RF coil apparatus comprising an RF transducer array and a magnetic field probe array

A method of controlling a wireless-type radio frequency (RF) coil apparatus for a magnetic resonance (MR) system including a system clock, the method comprising:

• acquiring detected RF signals generated by a plurality of receive coils of an RF transducer array, and first indications of a local clock signal, generated by a local clock not synchronized with the system clock, indicating times of acquiring the detected RF signals;
• acquiring magnetic field strength signals generated by a plurality of field sensor probes of a magnetic field array, and second indications of the local clock signal indicating times of acquiring the magnetic field strength signals;
• and
• forming k-space information based upon the acquired detected RF signals, the acquired magnetic field strength signals, and the first and second indications of the local clock signal.

A computer readable non-transitory medium having storing computer readable program code for operating on a wireless-type radio frequency (RF) coil apparatus of magnetic resonance (MR) system, when executed by a computer processor, the computer readable program code causing the RF coil apparatus to perform a method comprising:

• acquiring detected RF signals generated by a plurality of receive coils of an RF transducer array, and first indications of a local clock signal, generated by a local clock not synchronized with a system clock of the MR system, indicating times of acquiring the detected RF signals;
• acquiring magnetic field strength signals from a plurality of field sensor probes of a magnetic field sensor array, and second indications of the local clock signal indicating times of acquiring the magnetic field strength signals;
• and
• forming k-space information based upon the acquired detected RF signals, the acquired magnetic field strength signals, and the first and second indications of the local clock signal.