Cross Coil Configurations

The most common cross coil configurations and the corresponding tune/match properties are listed in the following table:

Excitation coil

Detection coil

Description

T/M

Description

T/M

Volume Coil with active detuning

yes

Quadrature (circularly polarized) Surface Coil, with integrated pre-amplifier

no

Volume Coil with active detuning

yes

Surface Array Coils, with integrated pre-amplifier

no

Volume Coil with active detuning

yes

Linear Surface Coils, external pre-amplifier

yes

 

 

Depending on the polarization of the coil, perform the tune/match process according to the coils described in section Linearly Polarized RF Coils or Circularly Polarized RF Coils. Before the tune/match process of the volume coil is started, make sure that the sample including the local receive coil is correctly installed and inside the volume coil.