Abstract: An MRI method is proposed where the profile distribution is automatically determined so that the information contents of the image are maximum, subject to the restriction that the total number of profiles used to obtain the image is predetermined. During the determination of the profile distribution, profiles will be selected which have a minium redundancy and a redundancy pattern r(k.sub.y) will be dynamically adapted as a function of the spatial frequency k.sub.y. The redundancy of a profile increases as the number of times that a profile has been measured increases and is high when a signal-to-noise ratio associated with the profile is very small.