A method and apparatus for acquiring high resolution MR images of a carotid artery. A six-channel RF coil array has three RF coils placed in an overlapping pattern and positioned adjacent to a first region-of-interest (ROI) of an imaging patient. The six-channel RF coil also has three RF coils placed...http://www.google.com/patents/US7382132?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7382132 - 6-channel array coil for magnetic resonance imaging
