Evaluating performance of X-ray tube
AssigneeSiemens Healthineers AG
InventorsXin Yuan Yang, Yun Wen Pan, Xi Peng Nie
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Abstract
Evaluating the performance of an X-ray tube by: recording arcing events that occurred during the use of the X-ray tube; classifying the arcing events by severity; generating, on the basis of the classified arcing events, a first growth pattern for occurrences of arcing events; and determining a level of bubbles in the X-ray tube by finding, on the basis of the first growth pattern, a matching second growth pattern associated with a known level of bubbles in the X-ray tube. An X-ray tube may be checked and replaced in a timely manner, without the need for an on-site inspection, by remotely predicting trends or patterns for growth of levels of bubbles in the X-ray tube.
Claims15
A method for evaluating a performance of an X-ray tube, the method comprising:
- recording arcing events that occurred during use of the X-ray tube;
- classifying the arcing events by severity;
- generating, on the basis of the classified arcing events, a first growth pattern for occurrences of arcing events;
- and
- determining a level of bubbles in the X-ray tube by finding, on the basis of the first growth pattern, a plurality of matching second growth patterns associated with known levels of bubbles in the X-ray tube.
An apparatus for evaluating a performance of an X-ray tube, comprising:
- a sensing part, configured to record arcing events that occurred during use of the X-ray tube;
- a processing part, configured to classify the arcing events by severity and generate, on the basis of the classified arcing events, a first growth pattern for occurrences of arcing events;
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- a computing part, configured to determine a level of bubbles in the X-ray tube by finding, on the basis of the first growth pattern, a matching second growth pattern associated with a known level of bubbles in the X-ray tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.