Abstract: A pulse sequencer (40) controls a resonance excitation controls circuit (22), an inversion pulse controls circuit (24), a slice select gradient controls circuit (32), a read gradient controls circuit (34), and a phase encode gradient controls circuit (36) to cause an appropriate gradient pulse imaging sequence to be generated in the image region. The operator selects an appropriate imaging sequence such as a spin echo, inversion recovery, multi-echo, radient echo, or other conventional imaging sequence and the parameters, such as the number of repetitions, from an image pulse sequence and motion desensitization memory (44, 46). In the exemplary pulse sequences of FIGS. 2-4, this memory directs the formation of RF pulses (62, 66), slice selection pulses (60, 64) and read gradient pulse (70), phase encode gradient pulse (72), and the appropriate additional gradient pulses for rephasing signals from one or more of static, constant velocity, accelerating, and pulsatilitory tissue in the image region.