NTT Tokai General Hospital, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Attn: Mr. Ikeda, 2-17-5 Matsubara, Maka-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi Pref. 460 Japan, Tel: 052-291-6323

65 -- JAPAN: CT SCANNER. SOL Kai7-1. DUE 081595. POC NTT America, Inc., Head Office, 101 Park Avenue, 41st Floor, New York, NY 10178, 212/661-0810 also NTT America, Inc., Pacific and Western Division, 800 El Camino Real West, Suite 103, Mountain View, CA 94040, 415/940-6565. This announcement (RFI) is to request provision of general reference materials from potential suppliers prior to a procurement announcement. This is not a Request for Proposal. This announcement does not necessarily promise that a procurement will follow. No payment will be made for the information submitted. The Outline of system is as follows: (1) Name: CT scanner (2) Overview: The equipment must mainly consist of a CT main unit, a patient inspection table, a X-ray generator, a computer unit for scanning, diagnosis, and equipment operation, all forming one integrated unit. Peripheral equipment must also be equipped if necessary. Following are the minimum requirements for the specification of the equipment. (a) The CT scanner which we intend to procure should be the so-called third generation slip ring type scanner (b) It should be able to perfom spiral scanning tomography for a whole body as a standard function in addition to the ordinary CT scanning for broader application in inspections and diagnosis of patients (c) It should have excellent manoeuverability for quick and safe inspection, diagnosis, and treatment (d) It should provide as a standard feature, high quality and high resolution images and should be equipment with a high capacity X-ray tube (more than 3.5 million heat units) to accommodate this (e) The equipped computer should be able to quickly (in a matter of seconds) reproduce three-dimensional images from spiral scanning for daily inspection use. In addition, it should be equipped with a large capacity magnetic disc memory for storing more image data and raw data than the specified quantity. (3) Deadline for RFI: 1:00 pm, August 15, 1995 (Mail must arrive no later than the above date) (4) Addresses to send information to RFI: NTT Tokai General Hospital, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, 2-17-5 Matsubara, Naka-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi Pref. 460 Japan or NTT America, Inc., Head Office, 101 Park Avenue, 41st Floor, New York, NY 10178, also NTT America, Inc., Pacific and Western Division, 800 El Camino Real West, Suite 103, Mountain View, CA 94040, U.S.A. (5) Language: Japanese or English (6) Misc: The above public notice is the plan as of today and is subject to change. For further information or inquiries, please contact the above mentioned person. (186)

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