A method to prepare an interventional and / or diagnostic imaging comprising at least two different medical imaging modalities

The invention relates to a method to a preparation of an interventional and / or diagnostic imaging comprising at least two different medical imaging modalities, comprising the steps of: - positioning a patient on a patient support device and placing the patient support apparatus, with the patient in a patient receiving region of a first medical imaging modality - acquiring a first image data set of the patient to be examined by means of the first medical imaging modality, - evaluating the first image data set by means of a data evaluation unit, - calculating at least one patient parameter of the evaluated first image data set and - calculating at least one compatibility value in dependence of at least one patient parameter and as a function of at least one device parameter of another medical imaging modality.