A magnetic resonance imaging system is provided which includes detection means for detecting a magnetic resonance signal generated from a sample, acquisition means for repeatedly acquiring data on the magnetic resonance signal detected by the detection means in an imaging period and arranging the acquired data in a k space, wherein the acquisition means acquires the data in one acquisition pattern of a plurality of different acquisition patterns, which are determined so that an acquisition frequency of data in some areas of the k space is different from that in the other areas of the k space, reconstruction means for repeatedly reconstructing an image of the sample on the basis of the data acquired by the acquisition means and arranged in the k space, and control means for controlling the acquisition means to change the acquisition pattern used by the acquisition means during the imaging period.