Methods, apparati, and computer-readable media for automatically moving a patient (1) to an initial setup position. A method embodiment of the present invention entails the steps of pointing to at least one spot (8) on the body of the patient (1) when the patient (1) is located at the initial setup position at a first time point recording spatial coordinate information for the at least one spot (8) and automatically moving the patient (1) to the initial setup position at a subsequent time point.