1. A method for controlling an imaging system, said method comprising: performing a scout scan of an object using a scanner of the imaging system; automatically identifying a first region based on attenuation information from the scout scan, the first region being one of within the object and or within a component of the imaging system; and automatically determining a location of a second region using an anatomy determination unit of the imaging system, the automatically determining being based upon a location of the first region and based upon the attenuation information from the scout scan, the second region being within the object; wherein said performing the scout scan includes scanning a length of the object along an examination axis of the imaging system, said automatically determining the location of the second region including determining whether an attenuation information characteristic exists within a predetermined axial distance from the first region, the axial distance being measured along the examination axis.