The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), VISN 22 Network Contracting Office, is seeking information from qualified vendors capable of providing software and related services for managing and analyzing cardiac PET/CT medical images at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Specifically, the VA is interested in products and solutions that support the automated display, review, and quantification of nuclear medicine cardiology images and datasets from cardiac PET/CT studies.

Currently, the Cardiac Suite of applications, including QPET (Quantitative PET), is utilized for automated segmentation, quantification, and analysis of static, gated, and dynamic myocardial perfusion PET data. The suite supports both shot axial and transverse datasets, and the licenses being sought include several specialized modules such as QGS+QPS, Companion applications for functional analysis, PlusPack for advanced analysis features, FusionCT for calcium scoring and imaging integration, remote desktop capabilities, CSImport, Classic ARG Local, CFR (Coronary Flow Reserve), MFSC (screen capture), a clinical use designation, and Suite2017 for license initiation.

Vendors are encouraged to demonstrate their ability to provide these solutions and related services, ensuring that products offered meet or exceed the specified quality and functionality requirements. The VA is gathering information to assess the marketplace and inform potential future acquisition strategies regarding cardiac imaging software and associated clinical analysis tools.