In a method and computer program product for operating a tomographic
imaging apparatus, a standard measurement protocol is generated by
displaying a planning representation of a standard object, defining a
spatial position of a standard imaging area in the planning
representation, and storing, as the standard measurement protocol for the
standard object, a reference to the standard object and parameters of the
standard imaging area. Such a standard measurement protocol can then be
used in the slice position planning for an actual tomographic
measurement, by obtaining data representing features of an examination
object, corresponding to the standard object, determining a geometrical
relation of the features of the examination object to features of the
standard object, and generating an object-specific measurement protocol
wherein the imaging area is positioned relative to the examination object
by modification of the standard measurement protocol.
