A novel radiofrequency coil element, named integrated multi-modal antenna with coupled radiating structures (I-MARS), is presented in numerical simulations and experiments for 7T MRI. Simulated comparisons of two variations of the proposed design with fractionated dipoles show I-MARS elements have advantageous robustness to load changes, inter-element isolation and are optimizable for power and SAR efficiency. Imaging of volunteers and phantom in different configurations (unilateral hip, prostate and shoulder imaging) did not require adjustments to tuning and matching, showing excellent stability and high performance for multi-anatomy 7T MRI.
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