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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF AUGUST 24, 2003 FBO #0633
SOLICITATION NOTICE

R -- Professional Services for Ongoing Research in Image Processing for Biomedical Information Research and Development

Notice Date

8/22/2003
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

Contracting Office

Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD, 20894
 

ZIP Code

20894
 

Solicitation Number

03-218KS
 

Response Due

8/29/2003
 

Archive Date

9/13/2003
 

Point of Contact

Kala Shankar, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 496-6546, Fax (301) 402-0642, - Karen Riggs, Contracting Officer, Phone 301 496-6546, Fax 301 402-0642,
 

E-Mail Address

shankak@mail.nlm.nih.gov, kr33v@nih.gov
 

Description

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, for purchasing Professional services over a 12-month period to support the ongoing research in image processing for biomedical informatics research and development. The investigator will support the research work in developing and implementing algorithms that satisfies the needs for the ongoing research at the National Library of Medicine in content-based image retrieval (CBIR) of digitized spine x-ray images. The investigator shall 1.Research, develop, and implement Partial Shape Matching algorithms for vertebra shapes segmented from the NHANES II digitized spine x-ray images. For this the investigator will segment the vertebra shapes as necessary using software provided by the Government; 2.Determine appropriate shape features for PSM. Use of these features should reflect improved query-relevance in vertebra image retrieval in comparison to whole shape matching methods. Shape features and point-to-point distance have been used in PSM algorithms in the literature. These features may be used as an initial step in the research. It is necessary for the selected features to exhibit properties of invariance to translation, rotation and scale. The performance of the developed methods will be evaluated by the investigator in accordance with communications with the researchers at the NLM; 3.Research into shape-based querying and matching methods for retrieval of pair of vertebrae that exhibit intervertebral disc-space narrowing (DSN). Though this work is not considered as the major thrust of this contract, it is expected that the investigator shall explore and develop basic techniques to address the problem and provide experimental results; 4.Develop a prototype system or enhance a prototype provided by the Government to demonstrate the above techniques; 5.Provide a report detailing the research work and include all source code for the developed algorithms and the prototype software, data including segmented shapes, and experimental results in accordance with the requirements of the Government; 6. Seek, if required, expert medical guidance/opinion on any or all of the tasks above, at no additional cost to the Government. Government rights to work first produced under this contract are established by Federal law including, but not limited to, this specific reference: FAR 42.227-14, Rights in Data ? General, (b) (1). Offerors are required to notify the Government in writing of any dependencies of the deliverables under this contract on proprietary, copyrighted, or patented work that potentially inhibits, restricts, or requires permission for the dissemination of the deliverables to the public, other governmental agencies or research groups, or to any other parties whatsoever. Brigham Young University (BYU) is uniquely qualified for this task as Dr.D.J. Lee provides his research team at BYU with 13 years of experience in developing and implementing computer vision and image analysis algorithms and software for various applications. From previous research projects, he has demonstrated excellent track records in delivering research results on time and within budget. His research capability is clearly exhibited in his publications, especially in the content-based image retrieval (CBIR) research area. In addition, his experience with the NHANES II digitized spine x-ray image collection and development of whole shape retrieval algorithms for them further qualifies him as the ideal candidate for this task. He has designed over 40 real-time machine vision systems and products for various industries. His current research focus at BYU is in content-based medical image retrieval, shape-based pattern recognition, medical image analysis, 3D reconstruction, motion analysis, and object tracking. Dr. Lee spent the summer of 2002 working with the researchers in the Communications Engineering Branch at National Library of Medicine on the content-based spine x-ray image retrieval project. He successfully evaluated and implemented several shape representation and matching methods and obtained and delivered valuable results. In collaboration with the researchers at NLM, he has since submitted and/or published six technical papers as author or co-author on content-based image retrieval of spine x-ray images. Dr. Lee is uniquely qualified for this research work because of his understanding of the project, extensive experience in content-based image retrieval, and thorough understanding of the characteristics of the image data. This service will be procured under FAR Part 12 ? Acquisition of Commercial Items. This is not a Request for Quotations (RFQ), nor is an RFQ available, however, all responsible and responsive sources may submit a proposal that will be considered by the NLM. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed acquisition is based upon responses to this notice and is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Firms interested in responding to this notice must be able to provide the professional services as specified above. Responses should demonstrate the firm?s ability to meet the government?s requirements. Responses are required within seven (7)calendar days from the publication date of this notice. NLM synopsis No.03-218/KS shall be noted on all correspondence to this announcement. Inquiries regarding this procurement may be made to Kala Shankar, Contract Specialist (301) 496 6546 or Karen Riggs, Contracting Officer,(301) 496 6127.
 

Place of Performance

Address: Provo, UT

Zip Code: 84602

Country: USA
 

Record

SN00409739-W 20030824/030822213251 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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