Receive coil device and magnetic resonance imaging apparatus

A receive coil device that is provided in a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, and that receives a nuclear magnetic resonance signal from a subject, the receive coil device comprising:

• a plurality of receive coils that are disposed in a lattice pattern in a bag-shaped planar cover, and that receive the nuclear magnetic resonance signal;
• a heat generating element that is an electric circuit provided in each of the plurality of receive coils;
• heat insulating materials that are disposed in each region corresponding to the heat generating element, that are disposed to sandwich each heat generating element, that reduce heat transfer from each heat generating element in a down direction toward the subject and heat transfer in an up direction opposite to the down direction, and that are capable of dissipating heat from each heat generating element in a peripheral direction other than the down direction and the up direction;
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• a first air-permeable material that is laid in a space in the planar cover other than the heat generating element and the heat insulating materials, and that releases heat dissipated from the heat generating element in the peripheral direction and heat generated from the subject to an external space.