A computer-implemented method of determining a control parameter for controlling a medical imaging device, the method comprising the following steps: a) first imaging device operating parameter data is acquired which describes a value of an operating parameter of a first medical imaging device, wherein the operating parameter is an orientation of the first medical imaging device relative to an anatomical structure in a navigation reference system; b) parameter relationship data is acquired which describes a relationship between the value of the operating parameter of the first medical imaging device and a value of a control parameter of a second medical imaging device, wherein the control parameter of the second medical imaging device is an orientation of the second medical imaging device relative to the anatomical structure in the navigation reference system; c) second imaging device control parameter data is determined based on the first imaging device operating parameter data and the parameter relationship data, wherein the second imaging device control parameter data describes the value of the control parameter of the second medical imaging device; first imaging device orientation data is determined by tracking the first medical imaging device; and second imaging device orientation data is determined by tracking the second medical imaging device, characterised in that the second imaging device control parameter data is determined based on the first imaging device orientation data and the second imaging device orientation data such that the orientation of the second medical imaging device corresponds to the orientation of the first medical imaging device. a) first imaging device operating parameter data is acquired which describes a value of an operating parameter of a first medical imaging device, wherein the operating parameter is an orientation of the first medical imaging device relative to an anatomical structure in a navigation reference system; b) parameter relationship data is acquired which describes a relationship between the value of the operating parameter of the first medical imaging device and a value of a control parameter of a second medical imaging device, wherein the control parameter of the second medical imaging device is an orientation of the second medical imaging device relative to the anatomical structure in the navigation reference system; c) second imaging device control parameter data is determined based on the first imaging device operating parameter data and the parameter relationship data, wherein the second imaging device control parameter data describes the value of the control parameter of the second medical imaging device; first imaging device orientation data is determined by tracking the first medical imaging device; and second imaging device orientation data is determined by tracking the second medical imaging device, characterised in that the second imaging device control parameter data is determined based on the first imaging device orientation data and the second imaging device orientation data such that the orientation of the second medical imaging device corresponds to the orientation of the first medical imaging device. first imaging device orientation data is determined by tracking the first medical imaging device; and second imaging device orientation data is determined by tracking the second medical imaging device, characterised in that the second imaging device control parameter data is determined based on the first imaging device orientation data and the second imaging device orientation data such that the orientation of the second medical imaging device corresponds to the orientation of the first medical imaging device.