MRI/MRS STUDIES -- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION The Veterans Affairs Medical Center is searching for pricing information on scarce medical research studies. These studies are performed using magnetic resonance spectroscopic imagig which generates thousands of spectra which require specially designed software and processing techniques. The studies include: Siemens magnet of Alzheimer's disease in human brain, multiple sclerosis in human brain, AIDS dementia in human brain, alcoholism in human brain, substance abuse in human brain, schizophrenia in human brain, epilepsy in human brain, porcine heart, post traumatic study disorder of human brain, parkinsons disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Neurodegenerative Disease, SMIS magnet stroke in rat brain, SMIS magnet of epilepsy in rat brain. Highly trained professionals are necessary to perform these procedures. The labor classification is as follows: Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopist(s) General Spectroscopist(s) Software Engineer(s) (who can use highly specialized computer software) VA is requestingpricing information of a fully burdened hourly rate for each labor classification above, inclusive of overhead and profit (with a for profit organization). Also, based on the hourly rate given, what would be the cost per study, and how many hours needed for each study. Information can be faxed to Ms. Annie Bell, VAMC, San Francisco, CA at (415) 750-2170 or call (415) 750-2240.

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