	US 12,137,512 B2
	Methods and systems for monitoring events related to X-ray tubes
Munish Vishwas Inamdar, Bangalore (IN); Kiran Panchal, Bangalore (IN); Rui Xu, Rexford, NY (US); and Uwe Wiedmann, Clifton Park, NY (US)
Assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Filed by GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Filed on Feb. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/165,388.
Prior Publication US 2022/0245482 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 17/18 (2006.01); A61B 6/58 (2024.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); H05G 1/54 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); G01N 23/046 (2018.01)

CPC H05G 1/54 (2013.01) [A61B 6/586 (2013.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); G01N 23/046 (2013.01)]

6 Claims

1. A method for constructing an X-ray tube model for utilizing in assessing health of an X-ray tube, comprising:

acquiring training data points for a respective X-ray tube after installation of the X-ray tube in an imaging system;

determining a number of operating points utilized in the imaging system for the respective X-ray tube; and

selecting a regression model from a plurality of regression models based on the number of operating points, wherein each regression model uses the training data points to derive respective values for a plurality of coefficients.