The invention relates to a method for generating an MR image of an object situated in an examination volume of an MR apparatus. The method begins with the acquisition of a plurality of echo signals having at least two different echo-time values (ti, t2, t3), the echo signals being generated from high-frequency pulses and magnetic-field gradient pulses by means of an imaging sequence. An intermediate MR image (5, 6, 7) is then reconstructed for each echo-time value (ti, t2, t3). By analyzing these intermediate MR images (5, 6, 7), local relaxation times (T2*(x)) and/or local frequency shifts (Aw(x)) are determined by taking account of the respective echo-time values (t1, t2, t3). Finally, a definitive MR image (11) is reconstructed from the echo signals (1) in their entirety.