Figure 1: RF receive coil arrays proximity to body results in better image SNR.

(a) Conventional MRI receive arrays on the chest and head of a patient. (b) Cervical spine images of volunteer showing low-SNR when using a coil placed 8 cm away from the spine (left) and high SNR when placed against the skin (right). (c) Schematic representation of fabrication process of flexible printed coils. The screen is patterned with emulsion (blue) and shows the coil design. Ink (grey) is transferred to the substrate (white) during the screen-printing process. (d) Photograph of a printed flexible four-channel coil array fabricated on plastic film and integrated into an infant blanket. The inset shows how a printed coil is stitched into the fabric. (e) Concept drawing of an infant swaddle and hat with an integrated printed receive coil array.