Magnetic resonance receive coils with compact inductive components

A low profile radio frequency coil for use in a magnetic resonance imaging system, the radio frequency coil comprising:

• a low profile antenna configured to resonate at about a magnetic resonance frequency of the magnetic resonance imaging system;
• a generally planar electronics board including coil electronics coupled with the low profile antenna, the coil electronics including at least one of:
• (i) transmit electronics that transmit the radio frequency signal via the antenna, and (ii) receive electronics that receive the radio frequency signal from the antenna;
• and
• a generally planar inductor electrically connected or coupled with the low profile antenna to provide selected frequency filtering of a radio frequency signal received or transmitted by the low profile antenna, the generally planar inductor including first and second parallel generally planar conductors arranged substantially parallel with the generally planar electronics board, the first and second parallel generally planar conductors electrically connected together to define a radio frequency trap tuned to about the magnetic resonance frequency and coupled with the coil electronics.