Table 1.

MRI RF Coils grouped by their Clinical Field of Application. Designs from Low Field to High and Ultra‐High Field Strengths (>7 Tesla).

Clinical Application	Type (examples)	# of Channels	Suggested References
Head/Neck and Brain	Birdcage, Surface Coil Arrays, Dipole Antennas, Local Shim‐Array Coils	4–128	25, 26, 46, 94, 95, 100
Spine	Surface Coil Arrays	15–75	18, 36
Extremities	Resonator, Volume Coils, Flexible or Adaptive Coil Arrays	2–32	28, 82, 83, 84, 101
Breast, Chest, Abdomen	Surface Coil Arrays	6–32	27, 28, 70, 98
Rectum or prostate area, inner surfaces	Surface Coils, Meanderline Coil, Litz Coil, Spiral Coil, Catheter Coil, Micro Coil	1–6	91, 92, 97, 99
Whole body	Body Coil, Surface Coil Arrays, Dipole Antenna, Flexible or Adaptive Coil Arrays	12–128	28, 48, 76, 87