RF birdcage coil with reduced acoustic noise

An RF coil comprising:

• a plurality of conductive legs, successive conductive legs being arranged parallel to each other and to a longitudinal axis on a support extending from a first end to a second end, each of the legs including a plurality of longitudinal slotted channels;
• a first plurality of end segments, each of the first plurality of end segments comprising a T-shaped conductive element including a base and a head element, and the base of each of the T-shaped end segments is aligned over at least a portion of the first end of the leg to form a first capacitive overlap regions;
• a second plurality of end segments, each of the second plurality of end segments comprising a T-shaped conductive element including a base and a head element, the base of each of the second plurality of T-shaped end segments being aligned over at least a portion of the second end of the leg to form a second capacitive overlap region;
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• a plurality of tuning capacitors, wherein each of the first plurality of end segments is coupled to another of the first plurality of end segments with a tuning capacitor and each of the second plurality of end segments being coupled to another of the second plurality of end segments with a tuning capacitor, wherein the head of each of the first and second plurality of T-shaped conductive element includes a left, a right, and a middle section, the middle section being substantially contiguous with the base, and the base includes first, second, and third longitudinally slotted channels and each of the right and left sections include first and second lateral slotted channels, each of the first, second, and third longitudinally slotted channels being substantially parallel to each other and each of the first and second lateral slotted channels being substantially parallel to each other.

An RF coil, comprising:

• a first end ring comprising a first plurality of T-shaped end segments;
• a second end ring comprising a second plurality of T-shaped end segments;
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• a plurality of legs, separate from the T-shaped end segments, each of the plurality of legs extending substantially from the first end ring to the second end ring, wherein each of the T-shaped end segments and each of the legs comprises at least one slot.

A RF coil, comprising:

• a plurality of legs, each of the plurality of legs having a first end and a second end;
• a plurality of slots provided in each of the legs, each of the slots extending substantially from the first end to the second end of a respective leg;
• a plurality of T-shaped end segments, one of the T-shaped end segments being provided at each of the first and the second ends of each of the plurality of legs;
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• a plurality of slots formed in each of the T-shaped end segments.