SalientCharacteristicUltrasound.pdf

The EPIQ ultrasound is a general ultrasound machine that is portable, meaning it is not affixed to anything. It is also windows 7 compatible and has the required ATO for Air Force network capability.

System Characteristics:

The equipment must be capable of operating in B Mode, M-Mode, Color Doppler, Color Power Doppler (CPD), Pulsed Wave and Continuous Wave modes. It must support transducers with linear, phased array and curved array formats. Further, it must include a full array of measurement and calculation packages. The specific requires for this equipment are the following:

a. The system shall include a digital beam former with the ability to transmit, receive and process acoustic data with at least 128 transmit channels and 64 receive channels. Multi-plexing should be available for use in the transducer to connect the channels to array's currently with at least 256 elements. Synthetic aperture shall be utilized to expand the receive aperture to improve lateral resolution in multiples of 64 channels per acoustic firing.

b. The system shall include a digital beam former with at least 128 element transmit aperture.

c. The system beam former shall use at least 64 analog to digital converters.

d. The system shall have broadband architecture with an operating frequency range of at least 1 to 13 MHz.

e. The system shall process a dynamic range that is at least 165db

f. The system shall support a gray scale range of at least 256 levels, 8 bits.

g. The system shall provide a backlit keypad for ease of use. A touchscreen function is optional and not required.

h. The system shall have the ability to function by AC/DC or battery power with the same degree of functionality when plugged in.

i. The system shall go from the off status to active scanning in fewer than 20 seconds or less.

Anything beyond 20 seconds will be unacceptable.

j. The system shall support ECG.

k. The system shall be on a portable cart for easy maneuverability and must be included in the quote

l. The system shall weigh no more than 10lbs for ease of use and maneuverability.

m. The system shall be no larger than 30.2 cm (H) x 27.7 cm (W) x 8.0 cm (D) / 11.8” (H) x 10.8

(W) x 3.1” (D) to able to be placed on a cart and to fit into small/tight areas in the clinic's exam rooms.

n. The system shall have a screen size of 10” or larger.

o. The system display area shall be no smaller than VGA 640x480.

p. The system display contrast shall be at least 600:1.

q. The system display brightness (luminance) shall be at least 450 nits/ m2 (or cd/m2).

r. The system display-viewing angle shall be at least 80°.

s. The system shall have Digital Video Interface (DVI), S-Video, and audio output via a docking system.

t. The storage and shipping altitude of the system shall be up to 5500m (18,000 ft.).

u. The storage and shipping humidity range of the system, transducers, and battery shall be 15- 95%.

v. The battery life (run time) shall be at least 2 hours. The time to charge the battery to full capacity shall be at most 4 hours.

2. Measurement and Analysis

a. The system shall provide the user with generic digital calipers.

b. The system shall support at least 8 generic distance calipers.

c. The system shall provide the user with at least 4 generic trace tools.

d. The system shall provide the user with at least4 generic ellipse tools.

e. The system shall provide the user with a generic heart rate tool.

f. The system shall provide a generic pressure half time tool.

g. The system shall provide a hip angle measurement tool.

h. The system shall have a dedicated obstetrical calculations package.

i. The system shall have a dedicated vascular calculations package.

3. B-Mode/ M-Mode Imaging

a. The system shall provide the user with controls for optimizing resolution in B-Mode.

b. The system shall display with at least a maximum of depth of 35 cm or more, and a minimum of 1.5 cm.

c. The system shall provide a timeline Cine function with at least 200 frames of available review.

d. The system shall support frame rates up to 60Hz in 2D.

e. The system shall provide the user with at least seven-user selectable post processing / dynamic range gray scale maps.

f. The system shall have the ability to transmit from one frequency and receive at a higher harmonic frequency to reduce noise and clutter, and improve image.

g. The system shall have the ability to enhance tissue margins and improve contrast resolution by reducing artifacts and improving visualization of texture patterns within the image.

h. The system shall provide the user with a zoom function that increases the region of interest.

i. The system shall allow the user to scan with at least three simultaneous focal zones in B-Mode in order to maximize gray scale resolution.

j. The system shall provide the user with the ability to flip the image horizontally and vertically.

k. The system shall provide a dual multi-image function on a single monitor with the ability to individually scan the images on each side.

l. The system shall provide a dual multi-image display function with all transducers that positions the two displays alongside each other visualizing an extended field of view from two separate scan positions.

4. Color and CPD

a. The system shall include a non-directional color power mode (CPD).

b. The system shall provide velocity color Doppler.

c. The system shall support a color frequency range which includes the range of 106 - 29,762 Hz.

d. The system shall provide a user controlled mechanism to easily control the size and position of the Color/CPD Region of Interest (ROI) including independent control of its height and width.

e. The system shall provide the user with controls for optimizing resolution in Color modes.

f. The system shall provide the user with a scale control that varies the scale range in color.

g. The system shall provide the user with at least three-user selectable wall filter options.

h. The system shall have velocity color flow imaging, providing the clinician with the color sensitivity to perform color Doppler examinations with all transducers during a clinical procedure.

5. Doppler

a. The system shall provide Pulsed Wave (PW) Doppler mode.

b. The system shall provide Tissue Doppler Pulsed Wave Doppler (TDI PW) Mode.

c. The system shall provide Continuous Wave (CW) Doppler Mode.

d. The system shall support quantitative assessment of blood flow with Duplex imaging.

e. The system shall have at least 256 gray levels in the spectral display.

f. The system shall support a Doppler frequency range which includes 325 - 40 KHz.

g. The system shall provide the user with control during timeline replay to review the spectrum.

h. The system shall provide the user with a scale control that varies the scale range.

i. The system shall provide the user with at least three-user selectable wall filter options.

6. Image Storage, Archive and Networking

a. The system shall have archive capability for storage and retrieval of images and clips.

b. The system shall provide the capability to storing clips via time or heartbeats.

c. The system shall provide the capability to store clip data prospectively or retrospectively.

d. The system shall provide the ability to preview clips prior to committing them to storage.

e. The system's storage capacity shall accommodate at least 8GB.

f. The system shall be DICOM 3.0 compliant.

g. The system shall support the following DICOM functionality, as a minimum: Storage, Print, and Work List.

h. The system shall be capable of transferring images by batch or as exam is in progress to a DICOM archive.

i. The system has easy to use configuration menus for all networking features.

j. The system allows for saving the DICOM configuration via USB so they are easy to replicate or restore.

k. The system shall allow for location specific connectivity configuration.

l. The system shall provide a comprehensive set of tools that the customer can use for HIPAA Compliance.

m. The system shall provide user customizable login and password for at least 20 users.

n. The system shall provide a guest login.

7. Accessories

a. A mobile docking station shall be available to store and/or transport the system.

b. The mobile docking station shall have an option for at least three active transducer ports in a convenient to access location.

c. The mobile docking station shall have an adjustable height keyboard.

d. The system shall be able to be connected to external peripheral devices such as an external monitor, printer, and/or DVDR.

e. The system shall be able to be connected to a footswitch for hands-free operation.

f. No additional items shall be included with quote unless vendor makes contact with POC for confirmation.

8. Service

a. The manufacturer shall provide toll free service support help.

b. The manufacturer shall provide at least a 1 year warranty on all equipment and accessories in this RFO.

c. The manufacture shall provide a loaner system within 24hrs where available

Clinical capabilities:

• The unit will be used for (please specify and add if needed):

o OB/GYN

• The ultrasound shall include (please specify and add if needed) o Color Doppler

• The unit should include these performance measures (please specify and add if needed): o Detail resolution o Contrast resolution o Temporal resolution o Sensitivity

• The unit shall include (please specify and add if needed):

o Continuous Mode o B-mode o M-mode o Pulse wave

• The unit must have 2 of transducers and these probes will be:

o The transducers shall operate at frequencies from a minimum of at least 1.0 MHz to a maximum of at least 13.0 MHz o Transducers shall have biopsy guide capability when applicable.

o Transducers supported by this system will include an L25x / 13-6 MHz multi-frequency, broadband, 25 mm linear array transducer for vascular, musculoskeletal, nerve and superficial imaging.

o Transducers supported by this system will include an L38x / 10-5 MHz multi-frequency, broadband, 38 mm linear array transducer for small parts, breast, vascular, musculoskeletal, nerve and superficial imaging.

o Transducers supported by this system will include an HFL38x / 13-6 MHz multi-frequency, broadband, 38 mm linear array transducer for small parts, breast, vascular, musculoskeletal, nerve and superficial imaging.

o Transducers supported by this system will include a C60x / 5-2 MHz multi-frequency, broadband, 60 mm curved array transducer for general purpose, abdominal, gynecological and obstetric imaging.

o Transducers supported by this system will include an ICTx / 8-5 MHz intracavitary curved array broadband 11mm transducer for intracavitary gynecologic and obstetrical imaging.

o Transducers supported by this system will include a P21x / 5-1 MHz multi-frequency, broadband 21 mm phased array transducer for cardiac, abdominal, and obstetrics imaging.

o Transducers supported by this system will include a C11x / 8-5 MHz multi-frequency, broadband 11 mm curved array transducer for abdominal, nerve, neonatal, and vascular imaging.

Maintainability/Maintenance Support:

• Equipment maintenance shall be provided by the 18th Medical Group's in-house BMETs. Any additional maintenance support and/or repairs outside of the in-house BMETs capabilities shall be coordinated through the equipment manufacturer or other authorized third-party companies

Trade-in:

• This order includes Trade-in of Government equipment. The GE Logiq 200 Pro Ultrasound Machine, serial number 64626SM5 shall be traded-in. The trade-in will be incorporated into the order, including any applicable price reduction of the equipment price. The Government equipment items slated for trade-in shall be de-installed by the contractor prior to initiation of installation of new equipment, and removed from the hospital. The hospital will remove the equipment from their property book at that time. The room shall be left broom clean by the contractor after de-installation. Transfer of title shall occur when the Vendor or its designee begins to de-install the equipment being traded in. At this point the trade-in price is final and shall not be adjusted. The vendor or its designee shall remove from the equipment all patient data that has inadvertently not been removed by the Government.

Information Assurance (IA):

• Ultrasound unit is not requiring to be connected with the network or to the PACS. Although, a copy of the ATO approval and signed IA contract language is still required. If vendor does not have an ATO, then completing the Joint Medical Cybersecurity Assessment, and signing the Air Force Information Assurance Requirement Page is required.

General Requirements:

• Any system with unsupported operating systems (i.e. Windows XP) is prohibited. Only equipment and part numbers that are FDA approved and commercially available at time of quote submission may be offered under this requirement. Promises to upgrade the system in the future to meet Government requirements such as providing a supported operating system or IA requirements is prohibited.