Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Fince Tendian

Qing Kelvin Lu

Kevin Charles Kraft

A housing () surrounds at least a portion of an x-ray tube (). A cooling system (') supplies a cooling liquid through the housing. The cooling system includes a pump (&#x2032;) and a flow sensor system (&#x2032;) which measures a pressure difference across the pump. A processor (&#x2032;) determines a cooling fluid flow rate from the pressure difference. A controller () limits operation of the x-ray tube based on the cooling fluid flow rate and a measured temperature of the cooling fluid to prevent x-ray tube overheating while minimizing cooling time between x-ray tube operations.

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Fince Tendian