COUNTER ROTATING CURRENT COIL FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING

There is provided a radio frequency (RF) coil apparatus for facilitating magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of at least a part of a patient's body that is positioned within an imaging region of an MRI system. The RF coil apparatus comprises at least one primary RF coil configured to emit RF pulses and generate a first magnetic field during operation of the MRI system and at least one secondary RF coil configured to generate a second magnetic field that, during operation of the MRI system, at least partially counteracts the first magnetic field in an external region outside of the imaging region of the MRI system.