MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND HIGH FREQUENCY COIL UNIT

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a high frequency coil unit that is capable of realizing a wider imaging area with a reduced number of receiving channels without using a complicated configuration of a circuit even though the number of surface coils is increased and arranged in a body-axis direction.SOLUTION: The high frequency coil unit comprises: a plurality of surface coils arranged in a body-axis direction of an object; a distributing/combining unit configured to produce new reception signals by distributing and combining reception signals from the plurality of surface coils in the body-axis direction. The distributing/combining unit has only 0° to 180° hybrid circuit as a passive circuit.