We evaluated the performance of a 13C/31P surface coil designed to detect metabolism and energetics data in the same scan session. Individually tuned coils were constructed to compare the performance of both channels of the multinuclear coil. Performance metrics such as Q ratio, SNR, flip angle maps, and transmit efficiency were measured. Our results demonstrate a decrease in performance of the 13C channel of the multinuclear coil. Removing the LCC trap circuit, used to decouple the channels, improved the Q ratio and SNR efficiency of the 13C channel. For future work, designs without a LCC trap circuit should be considered.
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