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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2018
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Rui Xu, Rexford, NY (US);
Uwe Wiedmann, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Jayakrishnan Unnikrishnan, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 18/00 (2006.01); H01J 35/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/25 (2006.01); H01J 35/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/257 (2013.01); H01J 35/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present approach relates to generating one or both of a failure prediction indication for an X-ray tube or a remaining useful life estimate for the X-ray tube. In one implementation, a trained static tube model is used in estimating health (e.g., thickness) of the electron emitter of the X-ray tube, which in turn may be used in predicting remaining useful life of an electron emitter of the X-ray tube.