A magnetic resonance imaging system for acquiring a magnetic resonance data from a subject within an imaging zone, wherein the magnetic resonance imaging system comprises: - a magnet configured for generating a main magnetic field within the imaging zone: - a magnetic field gradient generator (110, 112) for generating a gradient magnetic field within the imaging zone, wherein the gradient magnetic field is aligned with a predetermined direction; - a memory (134, 136) storing machine executable instructions (150, 152, 154), a pre-calculated magnetic resonance fingerprinting dictionary, and pulse sequence instructions, wherein the pulse sequence instructions cause the magnetic resonance imaging system to acquire the magnetic resonance data according to a magnetic resonance fingerprinting technique, with spatial resolution only along the predetermined direction by applying RF pulses in a slice selective manner such that the magnetic resonance fingerprinting technique encodes the magnetic resonance data as slices only along the predetermined gradient direction, wherein the slices are perpendicular to the predetermined direction, wherein the pre-calculated magnetic resonance fingerprinting dictionary contains a listing of calculated magnetic resonance signals in response to execution of the pulse sequence instructions for a set of predetermined substances; - a processor configured for controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system, wherein execution of the machine executable instructions causes the processor to: • acquire the magnetic resonance data by controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system with the pulse sequence instructions; • divide the magnetic resonance data into a set of slices; • calculate the abundance of each of the set of predetermined substances within each of the set of slices by comparing the magnetic resonance data for each of the set of slices with the pre-calculated magnetic resonance fingerprinting dictionary; and • calculate a magnetic resonance fingerprint chart by plotting abundance of each of the set of predetermined substances within each of the set of slices as a function of position along the predetermined direction. - a magnet configured for generating a main magnetic field within the imaging zone: - a magnetic field gradient generator (110, 112) for generating a gradient magnetic field within the imaging zone, wherein the gradient magnetic field is aligned with a predetermined direction; - a memory (134, 136) storing machine executable instructions (150, 152, 154), a pre-calculated magnetic resonance fingerprinting dictionary, and pulse sequence instructions, wherein the pulse sequence instructions cause the magnetic resonance imaging system to acquire the magnetic resonance data according to a magnetic resonance fingerprinting technique, with spatial resolution only along the predetermined direction by applying RF pulses in a slice selective manner such that the magnetic resonance fingerprinting technique encodes the magnetic resonance data as slices only along the predetermined gradient direction, wherein the slices are perpendicular to the predetermined direction, wherein the pre-calculated magnetic resonance fingerprinting dictionary contains a listing of calculated magnetic resonance signals in response to execution of the pulse sequence instructions for a set of predetermined substances; - a processor configured for controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system, wherein execution of the machine executable instructions causes the processor to: • acquire the magnetic resonance data by controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system with the pulse sequence instructions; • divide the magnetic resonance data into a set of slices; • calculate the abundance of each of the set of predetermined substances within each of the set of slices by comparing the magnetic resonance data for each of the set of slices with the pre-calculated magnetic resonance fingerprinting dictionary; and • calculate a magnetic resonance fingerprint chart by plotting abundance of each of the set of predetermined substances within each of the set of slices as a function of position along the predetermined direction. • acquire the magnetic resonance data by controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system with the pulse sequence instructions; • divide the magnetic resonance data into a set of slices; • calculate the abundance of each of the set of predetermined substances within each of the set of slices by comparing the magnetic resonance data for each of the set of slices with the pre-calculated magnetic resonance fingerprinting dictionary; and • calculate a magnetic resonance fingerprint chart by plotting abundance of each of the set of predetermined substances within each of the set of slices as a function of position along the predetermined direction.