National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, PO Box 6495, Cincinnati, OH 45206

B -- DEVELOPE AUTOMATED SUSTEM WHICH CAN ACQUIRE IMAGES FROM NTA FILMS. SOL 97021VMU DUE 052397 POC Phyllis Schweickart (513) 533-8185 E-MAIL: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, pjs2@cdc.gov. This notice is for informational purposes only. Notice of intent to negotiate a sole-source purchase with the University of Cincinnati to develope a automated system which can acquire images from NTA films, process the images automatically, and accurately and consistently count the neutron tracks from the films. The software developed must take user inputs, adjust to those inputs, process the NTA films in a eficient manner and store both the images, and the resulting analysis data, in a database on disk, such that the output can be used by other analytical programs, such as SAS tm or an electronic spreadsheet. The project will be broken down into seven tasks. 1. Final track recognition algorithm, 2. Automatic stage control programs, 3. Integrated track count and image analysis programs, 4. user interface and data storage programs (complete system), 5. Modified system, initially debugged, 6. Final system, thoroughly tested and debugged, 7. Programmer's guide and all system documentation. This is a simplified acquisition with an estimated value of less than $50,000. (0164)

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