VISIBLE HUMAN PROJECT ATLAS OF THE HEAD AND NECK Release date: April 27, 1999 RFP AVAILABLE: NLM 99-105/SLC P.T. National Library of Medicine, the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Eye Institute, National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, and the National Science Foundation The National Library of Medicine (NLM), in partnership with the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), the National Eye Institute (NEI), the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), and the National Science Foundation (NSF) is developing a Visible Human Project Atlas of the Head and Neck (VHHN). The purpose of the contract is to develop a educationally expert, public domain-accessed web site product, fully compatible with the NLM Visible Human Project (VHP). The contract will create a landmark functional anatomy atlas of the head and neck human body regions that will form a prototype for a new wave of educational applications based on the VHP data sets, and other human imagery resources. The successful contractor will be required to possess highly developed technical capabilities in digital imagery and have extensive experience with imagery of the human body as computerized axial tomography, magnetic resonance imagery, and documented experience with the visible human data sets of the NLM. Functional and clinical anatomy modules are deliverables to be developed during the contract, in areas of: 1) facial expression; 2) mastication; 3) deglutition 4) phonation; 5) hearing; and 6) vision. The contractor will develop a completed working public web site instrument with data in the form of interactive integrated clinical and functional anatomy modules. The contractor will be required to label anatomic structures and link the image library of structural-anatomical knowledge with the print library of functional, clinical, and physiological knowledge bases of the NLM. The contractor is required to focus interactive operation of the web site modules to the targeted use of first year medical, dental, and nursing students; CME specialty specific information; and education of the general public. Request for Proposal (RFP) NLM 99-105/SLC will be available in electronic format only. Paper copies will not be issued. Potential offerors may download the RFP on or about April 21, 1999 from the National Library of Medicine World Wide Web home page: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/oam/oam.html. INQUIRIES: Inquiries may be directed to: Sharon L. Cummings, Contract Specialist Office of Acquisitions Management National Library of Medicine 8600 Rockville Pike Building 38A/B1N17 Bethesda, Maryland 20894 Telephone: (301) 496-6546 Email: sharon_cummings@nlm.nih.gov
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