1. A method of acquiring medical image data of a patient's region of interest, the method comprising: acquiring an image data series of a patient's region of interest starting from an initial position in a coordinate system, the image data series comprising a plurality of image slices having a predetermined skip therebetween, each image slice having a predetermined slice thickness; and repeating the acquiring step using the same image slice thickness and the same skip between image slices with an adjusted initial position in the coordinate system until a desired degree of overlap between the plurality of acquired image data series is achieved.