Questions and Answers.docx

This file contains Questions and Answers related to a specialized visible range spectrometer solicitation for the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health. The Q&A document addresses technical specifications and requirements for a 1 MHz line scan camera, with specific vendor clarifications on camera capabilities. Key technical points include:

Vendors were informed that: 1) The spectrometer requires a line scan camera with 16384 x 288 pixels, where 288 represents time delay integration rows, 2) 8K cameras are not acceptable, 3) 100GEthernet with 6 G/sec speed without AOC connector is not acceptable, 4) PCIe and bandwidth requirements are not flexible, 5) two 8K cameras might be acceptable if meeting all requirements, and 6) image cropping from inside the camera by reducing ROI could be acceptable if meeting all other specifications. The solicitation is for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, specifically supporting regulatory science work in optical coherence tomography imaging technologies and retinal oximetry validation research.