An apparatus for enabling operation of adjacent coil loops with a magnetic
resonance system. The apparatus includes a correction network
interconnecting the coil loops for enabling both concurrent and separate
operation of the coil loops. The correction network includes an input
network for each coil loop and an isolation circuit. Each input network
includes a balun and an active decoupling circuit for interconnecting the
coil loop and balun. The balun links the input network to the MR system.
The active decoupling circuits are capable of being (A) activated
concurrently thereby disabling both loops during the transmit cycle, (B)
deactivated concurrently thereby enabling each loop to receive MR signals
during the receive cycle and (C) deactivated/activated separately thereby
enabling either one but not both loops to receive MR signals during the
receive cycle. The isolation circuit interconnects the loops for
substantially canceling mutual inductance between them while they are
enabled concurrently.