1. A method for acquiring cardiac image data from an examination subject, comprising the steps of: interacting with an examination subject using a first image acquisition technique in which image data acquisition occurs only in a portion of a cardiac cycle, and/or not in every cardiac cycle; and in alternation with said first image acquisition technique, interacting with the examination subject with a second image acquisition technique in which image data acquisition occurs at times in which the image data acquisition using the first image acquisition technique is not occurring.