Research Article
Odd-Leg Birdcages for Geometric Decoupling in Multinuclear Imaging and Spectroscopy
Table 1
Coil construction configurations.
| Nuclei | Configuration | Number of rungs | Diameter (cm) | Length | Shielded |
| Single-tuned 1H | Bandpass birdcage | 9 | 17.8 | 21 cm | Yes | Single-tuned 23Na | Lowpass birdcage | 9 | 17.8 | 24 cm | Yes | Double-tuned 1H/23Na | Nested birdcages: 1H bandpass/23Na lowpass | 9 for each nucleus (18 total) | 17.8 | 21 cm 1H 24 cm 23Na | Yes | Single-tuned 31P | Saddle coil | N/A | 12.7 | 17 cm | Yes |
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