Integrated MR imaging and interventional coil device, method and system

An integrated magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and interventional system comprising:

• a support structure configured to be disposed in an MR examination space;
• a lateral coil device and a medial coil device disposed on the support structure and defining a breast imaging region therebetween, the lateral and medial coil devices being mounted to translate relative to the support structure to adjust a size of the breast imaging region, the lateral and medial coil devices each including:
• at least one radiofrequency (RF) coil element which induces MR and/or receives MR signals from the breast imaging region;
• a housing having a curved conformal surface facing the breast imaging region, which conformal surface conforms with a patient's breast to be received in the breast imaging region, the housing encasing the at least one RF coil element, wherein at least one of the lateral and medical coil devices defines at least one aperture in the conformal surface configured to accommodate a target block which defines a trajectory for an interventional device into the patient's breast;
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• an axilla RF coil element for receiving MR signals from an axilla region of the patient;
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• an axilla housing portion that encases the axilla RF coil elements, the axilla housing portion including a conformal surface configured to conform to the axilla region and defining a plurality of apertures configured to receive one of a plurality of target blocks, the target blocks defining a trajectory for an interventional device, the axilla housing portion extending from the lateral coil device housing away from the medial coil device.