The invention relates to a method of MR imaging of an object (10) placed in the examination volume of a MR device (1). It is the object of the invention to provide an improved MR-based temperature mapping method. The method of the invention comprises the steps of: subjecting the object (10) to an imaging sequence of RF pulses and switched magnetic field gradients, which imaging sequence is a stimulated echo sequence including: a) at least two preparation RF pulses (a) radiated toward the object (10) during a preparation period (21), and b) one or more reading RF pulses (β) radiated toward the object (10) during an acquisition period (22) temporally subsequent to the preparation period (21); acquiring at least two MR signals during the acquisition period (22), wherein the two MR signals are either (i) a FID signal (I1, FID) and a stimulated echo signal (I2) or (ii) two stimulated echo signals (STE, STE*); and deriving a temperature map indicating the spatial distribution of the temperature within the object (10) from the at least two acquired MR signals. Moreover, the invention relates to a MR device (1) and to a computer program for a MR device (1).