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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2021
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Munish Vishwas Inamdar, Bangalore, IN;
Kiran Panchal, Bangalore, IN;
Rui Xu, Rexford, NY (US);
Uwe Wiedmann, Clifton Park, NY (US);
GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
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 complexity of a regression model is selected based on the operating points utilized by an imaging system for the X-ray tube, where the regression model estimates coefficients utilized by a static tube model 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. In another implementation, replacement of an X-ray tube or a component of a filament drive circuit coupled to the X-ray tube may be detected.