Abstract: The present invention relates to imaging microscope slides. In order to further improve a workflow for slide scanning, a system (10) for imaging microscope slides is provided that comprises a store area unit (12), a code readout unit (14), and a data interface unit (16). The store area unit is configured to receive a plurality of slides, each slide having a code comprising slide related information. The code readout unit is configured to detect the respective codes of a stored plurality of slides. The data interface unit is configured to provide the detected codes for a generation of a code inventory and to receive a determined scan order based on the code inventory.