A method for positioning a radio frequency (RF) receiver coil in a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) system is provided. In one example method, a distance from a center of the RF receiver coil to one end of a support bed for carrying a subject and a distance from one end of the support bed to an imaging center of the MRI system may be obtained after locations of the RF receiver coil, the subject, and the support bed may be fixed. A distance from the center of the RF receiver coil to the imaging center of the MRI system may be obtained based on the obtained two distances. Moving the support bed a displacement equal to the distance from the center of the RF receiver coil to the imaging center of the MRI system may enable centering of the RF receiver coil on the imaging center of the MRI system.
