Abstract: A nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus for generating a homogeneous static magnetic field in the z-direction, comprising a coil/resonator system, a gradient system, and a shielding configuration which is positioned radially between the coil/resonator system and the gradient system, wherein the shielding configuration comprises an electrically conducting layer with a slot, wherein the electrically conducting layer is disposed about the center of the shielding configuration to be axially symmetrical with respect to the z-axis, is characterized in that, in an axial section z1<z<z2 with z2-z1>L, containing at least 90% of the magnetic field energy of the coil/resonator system, the shielding configuration comprises at least one pair of regions which have a cylinder envelope shape, wherein the regions of each pair are each defined by two respectively closed limiting lines circulating about the z-axis, and wherein the two limiting lines of each region have a mutual axial separation a ? z ? ? ? 2 -

Abstract: A radio-frequency (RF) resonator system, in particular, for an NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) probe head, with at least one RF resonator which comprises at least three non-interrupted conducting elements (21; 54, 56, 58; 75, 76; 91–94; 111a–111d; 131, 132a–132b; 169a–169f) which form at least one window (57; 77a; 124, 124a) in the RF resonator, wherein only part of the conducting elements delimits the at least one window, wherein the conducting elements are coupled through electromagnetic fields, wherein each conducting element has a limiting current density, is characterized in that the eigen-resonances of the individual conducting elements and/or the electromagnetic coupling between the conducting elements is/are selected such that upon excitation of the RF resonator system, the maxima of the quotient values along the individual conducting elements are substantially equal for all conducting elements, wherein these quotient values are defined as a quotient between an average current density which occurs in

Abstract: A resonator system for generating a radio frequency (RF) magnetic field in a volume under investigation of a magnetic resonance (MR) arrangement, comprises a number N of individual resonators (2) which surround the volume under investigation and which are each disposed on a flat dielectric substrate (1) around a z-axis, wherein the individual resonators (2) have windows (8) through each of which one individual RF field is generated in the volume under investigation in single operation of the individual resonators (2) and, through cooperation among the individual resonators (2), a useful RF field (7) is generated in the volume under investigation, wherein a remote RF field (6) is asymptotically generated far outside of the resonator system, and the spatial distribution of the useful RF field (7) is substantially mirror-symmetrical relative to a first plane A which contains the z-axis, and that of the asymptotic remote RF field (6) is substantially mirror-symmetrical relative to a second plane B which contains

Abstract: A radio-frequency (RF) resonator system, in particular, for an NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) probe head, with at least one RF resonator which comprises at least three non-interrupted conducting elements (21; 54, 56, 58; 75, 76; 91-94; 111a-111d; 131, 132a-132b; 169a-169f) which form at least one window (57; 77a; 124, 124a) in the RF resonator, wherein only part of the conducting elements delimits the at least one window, wherein the conducting elements are coupled through electromagnetic fields, wherein each conducting element has a limiting current density, is characterized in that the eigen-resonances of the individual conducting elements and/or the electromagnetic coupling between the conducting elements is/are selected such that upon excitation of the RF resonator system, the maxima of the quotient values along the individual conducting elements are substantially equal for all conducting elements, wherein these quotient values are defined as a quotient between an average current density which occurs in