Patent ID: 8675819

Claim:
An x-ray tube comprising: a can at least partially defining an evacuated enclosure, the can having first integral liquid-coolant passageways formed therein, the can configured to have a liquid coolant circulated through the first integral liquid-coolant passageways to thereby cool the can without the can being submersed in a liquid coolant; a cathode at least partially positioned within the evacuated enclosure; an anode at least partially positioned within the evacuated enclosure; and a stator configured to rotate the anode and at least partially positioned within a stator housing, the stator housing having a second integral liquid-coolant passageway formed therein, the stator housing configured to have a liquid coolant circulated through the second integral liquid-coolant passageway to thereby cool the stator housing without the stator housing being submersed in a liquid coolant.