A magnetic resonance imaging system, comprising: - a magnet for generating a main magnetic field with an imaging zone, - a gradient coil system (110, 112) for generating a gradient magnetic field within the imaging zone, wherein the gradient coil system comprises a set of unshielded gradient coils for generating the gradient magnetic field; - a memory (134, 136) for storing machine executable instructions (160, 162, 164) and zero echo time pulse sequence data, wherein the zero echo time pulse sequence data contains instructions for controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system to perform a zero echo time magnetic resonance imaging method, wherein the set of unshielded gradient coils are configured by said instructions to generate gradient magnetic fields of the zero echo time magnetic resonance imaging method; - a user interface with a single control element configured to activate the acquisition of imaging magnetic resonance data without requiring any configuration of the zero echo time pulse sequence data on the part of a user; - a processor for controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system, wherein the zero echo time pulse sequence data causes the processor to: - generate a series of constant gradient magnetic fields using the gradient coil system for radial center-out k-space encoding; - generate a block radio-frequency pulse corresponding to each of the series of constant gradient magnetic fields; and - measure a portion of the imaging magnetic resonance data after the block radio-frequency pulse; wherein execution of the instructions causes the processor to: - acquire (200, 304) the imaging magnetic resonance data from a volume within the imaging zone by controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system with the zero echo time pulse sequence data, wherein the magnetic resonance imaging system is configured to acquire the imaging magnetic resonance data with a subject at least partially within the volume; - reconstruct (202, 306) a three-dimensional image using the imaging magnetic resonance data; and - acquire calibration magnetic resonance data from the volume within the imaging zone by controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system with the zero echo time pulse sequence data, wherein the magnetic resonance imaging system is configured to acquire the calibration magnetic resonance data without a subject in the imaging zone; - reconstruct a calibration image using the calibration magnetic resonance data; - subtract the calibration image from the three dimensional image; - render (204, 310) the three-dimensional image on a display wherein the three dimensional image is rendered by projecting the three dimensional image onto a two-dimensional plane after subtraction of the calibration image. - a magnet for generating a main magnetic field with an imaging zone, - a gradient coil system (110, 112) for generating a gradient magnetic field within the imaging zone, wherein the gradient coil system comprises a set of unshielded gradient coils for generating the gradient magnetic field; - a memory (134, 136) for storing machine executable instructions (160, 162, 164) and zero echo time pulse sequence data, wherein the zero echo time pulse sequence data contains instructions for controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system to perform a zero echo time magnetic resonance imaging method, wherein the set of unshielded gradient coils are configured by said instructions to generate gradient magnetic fields of the zero echo time magnetic resonance imaging method; - a user interface with a single control element configured to activate the acquisition of imaging magnetic resonance data without requiring any configuration of the zero echo time pulse sequence data on the part of a user; - a processor for controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system, wherein the zero echo time pulse sequence data causes the processor to: - generate a series of constant gradient magnetic fields using the gradient coil system for radial center-out k-space encoding; - generate a block radio-frequency pulse corresponding to each of the series of constant gradient magnetic fields; and - measure a portion of the imaging magnetic resonance data after the block radio-frequency pulse; - acquire (200, 304) the imaging magnetic resonance data from a volume within the imaging zone by controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system with the zero echo time pulse sequence data, wherein the magnetic resonance imaging system is configured to acquire the imaging magnetic resonance data with a subject at least partially within the volume; - reconstruct (202, 306) a three-dimensional image using the imaging magnetic resonance data; and - acquire calibration magnetic resonance data from the volume within the imaging zone by controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system with the zero echo time pulse sequence data, wherein the magnetic resonance imaging system is configured to acquire the calibration magnetic resonance data without a subject in the imaging zone; - reconstruct a calibration image using the calibration magnetic resonance data; - subtract the calibration image from the three dimensional image; - render (204, 310) the three-dimensional image on a display wherein the three dimensional image is rendered by projecting the three dimensional image onto a two-dimensional plane after subtraction of the calibration image.