Method for acquiring MR data of a volume portion of an examination object by means of a magnetic resonance system, wherein the method comprises the following steps: defining a set of a plurality of planned volume elements in the volume portion, wherein MR data is to be acquired from each of the planned volume elements, defining conditions (TR, T) which are to be fulfilled on acquisition of the MR data of the planned volume elements, determining a set of additional volume elements (X1-X4) dependent upon the planned volume elements and the conditions (TR, T), acquiring the MR data in that the MR data is acquired from at least two volume elements (X1, 5; X2, 6; 3, X3; 4, X4) simultaneously, wherein the at least two volume elements comprise one volume element from the set of the planned volume elements and one volume element (X1-X4) from the set of the additional volume elements (X1-X4), characterised in that the conditions comprise the number of planned volume elements, the repetition time, the scan time per volume element (1-8; X1-X4) and/or an SMS factor, wherein the scan time per volume element (1-8; X1-X4) for a volume element begins when the MR data of this volume element is acquired and ends for this volume element when no more MR data is acquired for this volume element, but MR data of another volume element is acquired, or when no more MR data at all is acquired, wherein the SMS factor determines in how many volume elements (1-8; X1-X4) simultaneously MR data is acquired, and that a number of the additional volume elements (X1-X4) is determined by a difference from a number of all the volume elements (1-8; X1-X4) less the number of the planned volume elements, wherein the repetition time, the scan time per volume element (1-8; X1-X4), the SMS factor and the number of planned volume elements fulfill the following inequality: N SMS ⋅ T ≤ TR − T wherein N corresponds to the number of planned volume elements, and that the number # S of all volume elements (1-8; X1-X4) is determined on the basis of the following equation, # S = SMS ⋅ floor TR T, wherein SMS corresponds to the SMS factor, TR the repetition time and T the scan time per volume element, wherein floor TR T is the nearest natural number that is not greater than TR/T. defining a set of a plurality of planned volume elements in the volume portion, wherein MR data is to be acquired from each of the planned volume elements, defining conditions (TR, T) which are to be fulfilled on acquisition of the MR data of the planned volume elements, determining a set of additional volume elements (X1-X4) dependent upon the planned volume elements and the conditions (TR, T), acquiring the MR data in that the MR data is acquired from at least two volume elements (X1, 5; X2, 6; 3, X3; 4, X4) simultaneously, wherein the at least two volume elements comprise one volume element from the set of the planned volume elements and one volume element (X1-X4) from the set of the additional volume elements (X1-X4), characterised in that the conditions comprise the number of planned volume elements, the repetition time, the scan time per volume element (1-8; X1-X4) and/or an SMS factor, wherein the scan time per volume element (1-8; X1-X4) for a volume element begins when the MR data of this volume element is acquired and ends for this volume element when no more MR data is acquired for this volume element, but MR data of another volume element is acquired, or when no more MR data at all is acquired, wherein the SMS factor determines in how many volume elements (1-8; X1-X4) simultaneously MR data is acquired, and that a number of the additional volume elements (X1-X4) is determined by a difference from a number of all the volume elements (1-8; X1-X4) less the number of the planned volume elements, wherein the repetition time, the scan time per volume element (1-8; X1-X4), the SMS factor and the number of planned volume elements fulfill the following inequality: N SMS ⋅ T ≤ TR − T wherein N corresponds to the number of planned volume elements, and that the number # S of all volume elements (1-8; X1-X4) is determined on the basis of the following equation, # S = SMS ⋅ floor TR T, wherein SMS corresponds to the SMS factor, TR the repetition time and T the scan time per volume element, wherein floor TR T is the nearest natural number that is not greater than TR/T.