In a method and apparatus for acquisition and evaluation of image data of
an examination subject that are to be created with at least one imaging
medical imaging apparatus, generation of a whole-body overview image of
the examination subject is generated and selection of an anatomical
region in the whole-body overview image is selected. A point in the
selected anatomical region is established that forms the origin of a
whole-body coordinate system relating to the examination subject, and
establishment of an associated, subject-related coordinate system is
established/Upon a later examination with a medical imaging apparatus, a
whole-body overview image and/or a partial image containing the origin
and/or another marker point is/are generated, and examination
(diagnostic) images of the examination subject (S3), are generated. Using
new whole-body overview images and/or the partial image, the examination
images and spatially arranged in the original whole-body coordinate
system dependent on a comparison of at least one item of image
information of the examination image with at least one item of image
information of the whole-body overview image and/or at least one item of
information of the partial image that is related to the whole-body
coordinate system.