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