A Channelized Front-End for Single Port Multi-Tuned RF Coils

Increased interest in simultaneous and interleaved MR imaging and spectroscopy has led to the increased interest in multi-tuned coils and coil arrays. The introduction of single port, multinuclear coils resolves the complexity resulting from nested coils, but introduces new challenges in optimization of signal conditioning. Presented here is a channelization approach that enables frequency specific gain and filtering of signals from single port multinuclear coils.