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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2006
Systems and methods for proactive detection of imaging chain problems during normal system operation
Thomas James Sabourin, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Gregory Charles Stratton, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Michael Richard Mortiz, Brookfield, WI (US);
Thomas James Sabourin, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Gregory Charles Stratton, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Michael Richard Mortiz, Brookfield, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for performing diagnostics in a medical imaging system during the normal operating mode of the imaging system including firing a diagnostic vector with a probe, collecting signal data based at least in part on the diagnostic vector, and processing the signal data to determine a diagnostic status. The diagnostic status indicates an operating condition of at least one component of the medical imaging system.