A method for producing a magnetic resonance image of a subject tissue to identify a lesion or scar tissue thereon in provided. The method includes acquiring an initial three-dimensional image of the subject tissue by a computer-implemented MRI system； identifying the surface of the subject tissue by the computer-implemented MRI system； selecting one or more points on the surface of the subject tissue by the computer-implemented MRI system； and acquiring by the computer-implemented MRI system, a first two-dimensional image for at least one of the selected points that is substantially tangential to the surface of the selected point.
