A magnetic resonance imaging system for acquiring magnetic resonance data from an imaging zone, wherein the magnetic resonance imaging system comprises: a memory storing initial pulse sequence commands and machine executable instructions, wherein the initial pulse sequence commands comprise adjustable timings and adjustable parameters; and a processor configured to control the magnetic resonance imaging system; wherein execution of the machine executable instructions causes the processor to: receive a set of selected pulse sequence parameters comprising a definition of a region of interest of a subject, wherein the set of selected pulse sequence parameters comprises the adjustable timings and the adjustable parameters of the initial pulse sequence commands, wherein the region of interest is configured for being within the imaging zone; send an image data request to a historical database, wherein the image data request comprises the set of selected pulse sequence parameters, wherein the historical database comprises multiple image data entries, wherein each image data entry comprises a set of historical pulse sequence parameters, wherein the historical database is configured to search the historical database to retrieve historical image data by matching the set of selected pulse sequence parameters to the set of historical pulse sequence parameters; receive the historical image data (146, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314, 402) from the historical database in response to the image data request; display at least a portion of the historical image data on a user interface; receive scan input modifications in response to displaying the at least a portion of the historical image data on the user interface; generate modified pulse sequence commands using the initial pulse sequence commands, the set of selected pulse sequence parameters, and the scan input modifications; and control the magnetic resonance imaging system to acquire the magnetic resonance data using the modified pulse sequence commands. a memory storing initial pulse sequence commands and machine executable instructions, wherein the initial pulse sequence commands comprise adjustable timings and adjustable parameters; and a processor configured to control the magnetic resonance imaging system; receive a set of selected pulse sequence parameters comprising a definition of a region of interest of a subject, wherein the set of selected pulse sequence parameters comprises the adjustable timings and the adjustable parameters of the initial pulse sequence commands, wherein the region of interest is configured for being within the imaging zone; send an image data request to a historical database, wherein the image data request comprises the set of selected pulse sequence parameters, wherein the historical database comprises multiple image data entries, wherein each image data entry comprises a set of historical pulse sequence parameters, wherein the historical database is configured to search the historical database to retrieve historical image data by matching the set of selected pulse sequence parameters to the set of historical pulse sequence parameters; receive the historical image data (146, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314, 402) from the historical database in response to the image data request; display at least a portion of the historical image data on a user interface; receive scan input modifications in response to displaying the at least a portion of the historical image data on the user interface; generate modified pulse sequence commands using the initial pulse sequence commands, the set of selected pulse sequence parameters, and the scan input modifications; and control the magnetic resonance imaging system to acquire the magnetic resonance data using the modified pulse sequence commands.