title: Increased CT tube life.
abstract: Heat accumulation in the tube housing appears to be an important contributory factor in the failure of X-ray tubes in computed tomography scanners. Additional tube cooling provided through air-conditioning of the gantry has resulted in a tube lifetime increase factor of 4.
mesh_terms: D013679:Technology, Radiologic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation*