CONTRACTING OFFICER (670\90A), VA MEDICAL CENTER, 800 IRVING AVENUE, SYRACUSE, NY 13210-2799

65 -- DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEM SOL 670-57-96 DUE 052296 POC Contracting Officer, Sheila Smith, (315)477-4507 The Syracuse VA Medical has a requirement for a digital imaging system to be inferfaced with an existing General Electric Advantx LU/C Single Plane Cardiac Catheterization system with cine and pulsed fluoroscopy. The system must digitize and store the Cardiac Angiograms in a format that meets the American College of Radiology/National Electrical Manufacturers Association (ACR/NEMA) Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM 3.0) standard, as well as provide DICOM 3.0 standard networking capability. The requirement includes (1) providing complete installation to interface to Advantx hardware and software to permit the operator to control X-ray, TV, and pulscan for purposes of acquiring both digital and cine images and retain all existing functionality; (2) compliance with all approved sections of the DICOM 3.0 Standard, the vendor's hardware must support TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) communications over an Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 802.3 interface; (3) real-time 30 fps image acquisition with frame dimensions having a minimum of 1024 x 512 x 8-bit from Advantx system for 90 seconds of digital recording; (4) capability of existing 35mm cine film must be retained; (5) long term mass storage must be capable of storing at lease 2700 frames per removable media in one of the following forms, listed in order of priority: Compact Disc - Recordable (CD-R), Re-writable Optical, Write Once Read Many (WORM), or Streamer Tape. This is the first phase of a telemedicine project to transport digital images to a remote site over a high speed Wide Area Network (WAN) using ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode). Images must be of diagnostic quality; any compression algorithms used must be ''loss less''. All interested parties capable of providing a system that meets this criteria are invited to request a solicitation package. Requests must be in writing and may be faxed to (315) 477-4509. (0127)

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