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1. A method for adjusting a collimator of an X-ray source having a radiation source therein, comprising:detecting, via a 3D camera, an arrangement of an X-ray detector with respect to the X-ray source;automatically determining an adjustment for the collimator based on a position of the X-ray detector determined with respect to the X-ray source;moving the radiation source with respect to the collimator; andautomatically adjusting the collimator based on the adjustment determined for the collimator, wherein the 3D camera is mechanically connected to the X-ray source and is configured to move together with the X-ray source,wherein an image generated by the 3D camera includes an irradiation area of the X-ray source, andwherein the image generated by the 3D camera includes the X-ray detector. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the X-ray detector comprises a mobile X-ray detector to allow a free exposure arrangement of the X-ray detector. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the automatically adjusting of the collimator comprises at least one of:automatically adjusting a height of a light field of the collimator,automatically adjusting a width of the light field of the collimator, andautomatically adjusting a rotation of the light field of the collimator. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the automatically adjusting of the collimator comprises at least one of:automatically adjusting a height of a light field of the collimator,automatically adjusting a width of the light field of the collimator, andautomatically adjusting a rotation of the light field of the collimator. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting of the arrangement of the X-ray detector with respect to the X-ray source comprises detecting a position of the X-ray detector, and whereinan adjustment for the X-ray source is automatically determined based on the position of the X-ray detector detected, anda position of the X-ray source is automatically adjusted based on the adjustment for the X-ray source determined. 6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:outputting a warning indicating when an optimal adjustment of the collimator cannot be achieved with arrangement of the X-ray detector detected with respect to the X-ray source. 7. A non-transitory computer program product storing a computer program, the computer program being loadable into a memory of a processing device of an X-ray device, and including program code sections to cause the processing device to execute the method of claim 1 when the computer program is executed in the processing device. 8. A non-transitory computer readable media storing computer executable instructions for, when executed by a processor, perform the method of claim 1. 9. A method for adjusting a collimator of an X-ray source, comprising:detecting, via a 3D camera, an arrangement of an X-ray detector with respect to the X-ray source to determine a position of the X-ray detector detected with respect to the X-ray source;automatically determining an adjustment for the collimator based on the position of the X-ray detector determined with respect to the X-ray source; andautomatically adjusting the collimator based on the adjustment determined for the collimator,wherein the detecting of the arrangement of the X-ray detector with respect to the X-ray source comprises;capturing an image comprising the X-ray detector and the X-ray source,automatically computing, based on the image captured, at least one of:a distance between the X-ray detector and the X-ray source, andan orientation of the X-ray detector with respect to the X-ray source. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the X-ray detector comprises a mobile X-ray detector to allow a free exposure arrangement of the X-ray detector. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein the automatically adjusting of the collimator comprises at least one of:automatically adjusting a height of a light field of the collimator, andautomatically adjusting a width of the light field of the collimator. 12. The method of claim 9, further comprising:outputting a warning indicating when an optimal adjustment of the collimator cannot be achieved with arrangement of the X-ray detector detected with respect to the X-ray source. 13. A non-transitory computer program product storing a computer program, the computer program being loadable into a memory of a processing device of an X-ray device, and including program code sections to cause the processing device to execute the method of claim 9 when the computer program is executed in the processing device. 14. A non-transitory computer readable media storing computer executable instructions for, when executed by a processor, perform the method of claim 9. 15. An X-ray device, comprising:an X-ray source including a collimator, a radiation source and an actuator configured to move the radiation source with respect to the collimator;a capturing device including a 3D camera and configured to detect an arrangement of an X-ray detector with respect to the X-ray source,wherein the capturing device is mechanically connected to the X-ray source and is configured to move together with the X-ray source,wherein an image generated by the capturing device includes an irradiation area of the X-ray source, andwherein the image generated by the 3D camera includes the X-ray detector, anda processor configured todetermine an adjustment for the collimator based on a detected position of the X-ray detector with respect to the X-ray source, andadjust the collimator based on the adjustment determined for the collimator. 16. An X-ray device, comprising:an X-ray source including a collimator;an X-ray detector; andat least one processor configured todetect, via a 3D camera, an arrangement of the X-ray detector with respect to the X-ray source by automatically computing, based on an image captured by the 3D camera including the X-ray detector and the X-ray source, at least one of:a distance between the X-ray detector and the X-ray source, andan orientation of the X-ray detector with respect to the X-ray source;automatically determine an adjustment for the collimator based on a position of the X-ray detector determined with respect to the X-ray source; andautomatically adjust the collimator based on the adjustment determined for the collimator.