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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 May 26.
Published in final edited form as: Magn Reson Med. 1997 Jan;37(1):124–130. doi: 10.1002/mrm.1910370118

Table 3.

Technical Data

Type of coil Rat Helmholtz Rabbit Helmholtz Rat cosine Rabbit cosine
Outer diameter of tube (diameter of coil) 5 cm 12.8 cm 7 cm 12.8 cm
Inner diameter of tube 4.5 cm 12.2 6.4 cm 12.2 cm
Length of coil 5 cm 11 cm 10.5 cm 7 cm
Diameter of half shell 15.24 cm (6″) 15.24 cm (6″) 15.24 cm (6″) 15.24 cm (6″)
Diameter of shielding 10.3 cm 14.3 cm
Shielding yes/no No No Yes Yes
Conductors Copper foil Copper foil Copper rods and copper foil Copper rods and copper foil
Range of tuning/matching capacitors 2 pF–29 pF 2 pF–29 pF 2 pF–29 pF 2 pF–29 pF
Number and value of distributed 4 of 12.2 pF each 4 of 8.2 pF, 4 of about 24 pF
Width of copper tape 0.5 cm 1.2 cm 1.2 cm (endring) 1.2 cm (endring)
Angles of tape placement 30°, 150°, 210°, 330° 30°, 150°, 210°, 330°
Number of rods 26 26
Number and value of serial capacitors 2 of 16 pF each 2 of 7.5 pF each