A method for acquiring a volumetric scan from at least a portion of a body of a subject suspected of exhibiting an observable manifestation of a disease or adverse health condition comprises, with the aid of a radio frequency (RF) source of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, applying a first RF pulse to the at least the portion of a body of the subject. A detector coil of the MRI system can then detect magnetic resonance (MR) signals from the at least the portion of the body of the subject. The MR signals can be detected upon a time delay subsequent to the application of the first RF pulse. The MR signals can be stored in a memory location as non-Cartesian data in k-space.
