1. A method for operating a Magnetic Resonance (MR) imaging system, the method comprising: generating radio frequency (RF) excitation pulses in patient anatomy to provide subsequent acquisition of associated RF echo data; generating slice select magnetic field gradients for phase encoding and readout RF data acquisition in the patient anatomy; acquiring a plurality of slices of an image within a plurality of cycles, each of the plurality of slices being acquired within each of the plurality of cycles; and causing, by a control processor, a RF signal generator and a gradient generator to change an order that each of the plurality of slices is acquired between consecutive cycles of the plurality of cycles.