1. A method for automatic positioning of a patient within an imaging scanner, said method comprising: determining patient specific scan parameters, wherein the determined patient specific scan parameters include a determined position of at least one of a patient table and the imaging scanner, and wherein determining the determined position comprises at least one of: using a previous position from a previous scan of the patient as the determined position; and using patient demographic information; and positioning the patient with the imaging scanner based on the determined patient specific scan parameters.