Method of MR imaging of an object positioned in an examination volume of a MR device, the method comprising the steps of: - subjecting the object to an imaging sequence of RF pulses and switched magnetic field gradients, which imaging sequence is a zero echo time sequence comprising: i) applying a readout magnetic field gradient having a set readout direction and a set readout strength; ii) radiating a RF pulse in the presence of the readout magnetic field gradient; iii) acquiring a FID signal in the presence of the readout magnetic field gradient, wherein the FID signal represents a radial k-space sample (31, 32), wherein the acquisition of the FID signal is started at an acquisition time at which a receiver gain of the MR device has not yet stabilized after the radiation of the RF pulse; iv) gradually varying the setting of the readout direction; v) sampling a spherical volume in k-space by repeating steps i) through iv) a number of times; vi) compensating the acquired FID signals for temporal variation of the receiver gain during the acquisition time at which the receiver gain of the MR device has not yet stabilized; and vii) reconstructing a MR image from the acquired and compensated FID signals. - subjecting the object to an imaging sequence of RF pulses and switched magnetic field gradients, which imaging sequence is a zero echo time sequence comprising: i) applying a readout magnetic field gradient having a set readout direction and a set readout strength; ii) radiating a RF pulse in the presence of the readout magnetic field gradient; iii) acquiring a FID signal in the presence of the readout magnetic field gradient, wherein the FID signal represents a radial k-space sample (31, 32), wherein the acquisition of the FID signal is started at an acquisition time at which a receiver gain of the MR device has not yet stabilized after the radiation of the RF pulse; iv) gradually varying the setting of the readout direction; v) sampling a spherical volume in k-space by repeating steps i) through iv) a number of times; vi) compensating the acquired FID signals for temporal variation of the receiver gain during the acquisition time at which the receiver gain of the MR device has not yet stabilized; and vii) reconstructing a MR image from the acquired and compensated FID signals. i) applying a readout magnetic field gradient having a set readout direction and a set readout strength; ii) radiating a RF pulse in the presence of the readout magnetic field gradient; iii) acquiring a FID signal in the presence of the readout magnetic field gradient, wherein the FID signal represents a radial k-space sample (31, 32), wherein the acquisition of the FID signal is started at an acquisition time at which a receiver gain of the MR device has not yet stabilized after the radiation of the RF pulse; iv) gradually varying the setting of the readout direction; v) sampling a spherical volume in k-space by repeating steps i) through iv) a number of times; vi) compensating the acquired FID signals for temporal variation of the receiver gain during the acquisition time at which the receiver gain of the MR device has not yet stabilized; and vii) reconstructing a MR image from the acquired and compensated FID signals.