1. A method for determining a tube current profile for the recording of at least one X-ray image of a body region of a patient with an X-ray image recording device, the method comprising: acquiring an image, recorded using an optical sensor, wherein the image has a field of view including at least the body region of the patient to be depicted via an X-ray image; determining at least one piece of patient-specific, body-related information for the patient from the acquired image; determining an X-ray attenuation distribution of the patient, at least for the body region to be depicted via the X-ray image, with reference to the determined at least one piece of patient-specific, body-related information; and determining the tube current profile with reference to the determined X-ray attenuation distribution.