Techniques are disclosed for a scan recommendation method is disclosed, wherein evaluation data comprising classification data are received, the classification data classifying anomalies detected in input data concerning the medical condition of a patient. Based on the evaluation data, an automatic determination of a next recommended MR protocol to be executed in accordance with an MR scan of the patient is performed. Further, a personal scan preparation method is disclosed and a medical imaging method is described, as well as a scan workflow performing method. For execution of the above-mentioned methods, a scan recommendation system, a personal scan preparation system, a medical imaging system, and a scan workflow performing system are also described.