In a method for determining a pulse sequence composed of multiple consecutive pulse sequence segments and multiple pre-pulses, the number of consecutive pulse sequence segments between two pre-pulses is determined on the basis of a randomizing algorithm. A pulse sequence determining device determines a pulse sequence for a magnetic resonance installation, device having an input interface for entering control protocol parameter values, a pulse sequence determining unit for determining the pulse sequence on the basis of the control protocol that has been entered, and a pre-pulse arrangement unit, which establishes the position of the pre-pulses between the pulse sequence segments in a randomly distributed manner.