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AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsShivaprasad Nagesh, Aniruddha Tiru
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Methods and apparatus to prevent tampering with an x-ray tube are disclosed. An example circuit board device positioned with respect to the x-ray tube includes a processor and a memory. The example processor is to at least determine configuration information for the circuit board device. The example processor is to at least compare the determined configuration information to stored configuration information in the memory. The example processor is to at least, when the determined configuration information is verified with the stored configuration information, enable the circuit board device. The example processor is to at least, when the determined configuration information is not verified with the stored configuration information, i) disable the circuit board device and ii) process board reactivation before enabling the circuit board device.
A circuit board device positioned with respect to an x-ray tube to detect and prevent tampering with the x-ray tube, the circuit board device comprising:
A tangible computer readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed, cause a processor to at least:
A method of preventing tampering with an x-ray tube, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.