Device for MR imaging of a body placed in an examination volume of the device, the device comprising: means for establishing a substantially homogeneous main magnetic field in the examination volume, means (3, 4, 5) for generating switched magnetic field gradients superimposed upon the main magnetic field, means for radiating RF pulses towards the body, control means for controlling the generation of the magnetic field gradients and the RF pulses, means for receiving and sampling MR signals, and reconstruction means for forming MR images from the signal samples, the device being arranged to a) generate a series of MR signals by subjecting at least a portion of the body to an MR imaging sequence of at least one RF pulse and switched magnetic field gradients, b) acquire, separately from the acquisition defined in step c), an MR reference data set from a central portion of k-space, wherein the MR reference data set is a three-dimensional volume data set, this three-dimensional volume data set covering the central portion of k-space of two or more parallel image slices, c) acquire a plurality of k-space blades according to the PROPELLER scheme, the k-space blades being rotated about a center of k-space, wherein at least a part of said central portion of k-space is acquired for each k-space blade, wherein the k-space blades are acquired for the two or more parallel image slices which are spaced in a direction perpendicular to the plane of rotation of the k-space blades, d) compare the MR data acquired in step c) to the MR reference data set in said central portion of k-space for each k-space blade in order to estimate motion-induced displacements and phase errors, correct the MR signals for these motion-induced displacements and phase errors, and e) reconstruct an MR image from the acquired and corrected MR signals. means for establishing a substantially homogeneous main magnetic field in the examination volume, means (3, 4, 5) for generating switched magnetic field gradients superimposed upon the main magnetic field, means for radiating RF pulses towards the body, control means for controlling the generation of the magnetic field gradients and the RF pulses, means for receiving and sampling MR signals, and reconstruction means for forming MR images from the signal samples, the device being arranged to a) generate a series of MR signals by subjecting at least a portion of the body to an MR imaging sequence of at least one RF pulse and switched magnetic field gradients, b) acquire, separately from the acquisition defined in step c), an MR reference data set from a central portion of k-space, wherein the MR reference data set is a three-dimensional volume data set, this three-dimensional volume data set covering the central portion of k-space of two or more parallel image slices, c) acquire a plurality of k-space blades according to the PROPELLER scheme, the k-space blades being rotated about a center of k-space, wherein at least a part of said central portion of k-space is acquired for each k-space blade, wherein the k-space blades are acquired for the two or more parallel image slices which are spaced in a direction perpendicular to the plane of rotation of the k-space blades, d) compare the MR data acquired in step c) to the MR reference data set in said central portion of k-space for each k-space blade in order to estimate motion-induced displacements and phase errors, correct the MR signals for these motion-induced displacements and phase errors, and e) reconstruct an MR image from the acquired and corrected MR signals. a) generate a series of MR signals by subjecting at least a portion of the body to an MR imaging sequence of at least one RF pulse and switched magnetic field gradients, b) acquire, separately from the acquisition defined in step c), an MR reference data set from a central portion of k-space, wherein the MR reference data set is a three-dimensional volume data set, this three-dimensional volume data set covering the central portion of k-space of two or more parallel image slices, c) acquire a plurality of k-space blades according to the PROPELLER scheme, the k-space blades being rotated about a center of k-space, wherein at least a part of said central portion of k-space is acquired for each k-space blade, wherein the k-space blades are acquired for the two or more parallel image slices which are spaced in a direction perpendicular to the plane of rotation of the k-space blades, d) compare the MR data acquired in step c) to the MR reference data set in said central portion of k-space for each k-space blade in order to estimate motion-induced displacements and phase errors, correct the MR signals for these motion-induced displacements and phase errors, and e) reconstruct an MR image from the acquired and corrected MR signals.