A method of performing a magnetic resonance imaging scan on a patient, the method comprising steps of: - monitoring a physiological signal level of the patient; - analyzing the monitored physiological signal level, wherein analyzing the monitored physiological signal level may also comprise analysis of motion relevant statistics over a certain time span - based on the analyzed physiological signal level, automatically guiding the patient to a predefined physiological signal level by dynamically changing the environmental conditions that the patient is exposed to; and - performing the magnetic resonance imaging scan according to a selected scan protocol, wherein the steps of monitoring, analyzing and performing the magnetic resonance imaging scan are performed in parallel after performing an initial guidance of the patient to the predefined physiological signal level; the method further comprising: - adapting the selected scan protocol to the monitored physiological signal level during the step of performing the magnetic resonance imaging scan when the predefined physiological signal level is not accomplished, wherein adapting to the monitored physiological signal level comprises at least one out of - triggering or gating of an MR scan involved in the selected scan protocol at selected points; - changing an individual parameter of an MR imaging sequence involved in the selected scan protocol; - substituting an MR imaging sequence involved in the selected scan protocol by a different imaging sequence; - changing the selected scan imaging protocol to a new imaging protocol, the new imaging protocol requiring a respective data acquisition time for completion of a respective MR scan. - monitoring a physiological signal level of the patient; - analyzing the monitored physiological signal level, wherein analyzing the monitored physiological signal level may also comprise analysis of motion relevant statistics over a certain time span - based on the analyzed physiological signal level, automatically guiding the patient to a predefined physiological signal level by dynamically changing the environmental conditions that the patient is exposed to; and - performing the magnetic resonance imaging scan according to a selected scan protocol, wherein the steps of monitoring, analyzing and performing the magnetic resonance imaging scan are performed in parallel after performing an initial guidance of the patient to the predefined physiological signal level; - adapting the selected scan protocol to the monitored physiological signal level during the step of performing the magnetic resonance imaging scan when the predefined physiological signal level is not accomplished, wherein adapting to the monitored physiological signal level comprises at least one out of - triggering or gating of an MR scan involved in the selected scan protocol at selected points; - changing an individual parameter of an MR imaging sequence involved in the selected scan protocol; - substituting an MR imaging sequence involved in the selected scan protocol by a different imaging sequence; - changing the selected scan imaging protocol to a new imaging protocol, the new imaging protocol requiring a respective data acquisition time for completion of a respective MR scan. - triggering or gating of an MR scan involved in the selected scan protocol at selected points; - changing an individual parameter of an MR imaging sequence involved in the selected scan protocol; - substituting an MR imaging sequence involved in the selected scan protocol by a different imaging sequence; - changing the selected scan imaging protocol to a new imaging protocol, the new imaging protocol requiring a respective data acquisition time for completion of a respective MR scan.