The subject invention pertains to a method for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) involving the acquisition of pseudo-polar K-space data and creation of an MRI image from the pseudo-polar K-space data. In an embodiment, the subject method can incorporate a scan scheme for acquiring pseudo-polar K-space data and corresponding reconstruction technique. Advantageously, the subject method can result in reduced motion artifact in dynamic MRI with short acquisition time and short reconstruction time. In a specific embodiment, the subject method can incorporate a reconstruction method utilizing Fractional FFT in MRI. The subject method can allow the acquisition of pseudo-polar K-space data. In a specific embodiment, the acquisition of the pseudo-polar is accomplished by one shot. Other acquisition techniques can also be utilized in accordance with the subject invention. In an embodiment, the pseudo-polar K-space data can lie at the origin of K-space and on N linearly growing concentric squares, with N.ltoreq.2, where the distance between adjacent concentric squares is the same as the distance from the origin to the innermost square. The K-space data on the N concentric squares are equally spaced from adjacent data points on the same square, including data points at the corners of each square.