Specifications include, but are not limited to: MRI Unit Physical Dimensions, Capability, and Performance: • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Acquisition workstation. • Analysis workstation or web-based workstation. • Must provide FDA certification information documenting proposed MRI unit is FDA approved. • Must have a 1.5T magnetic field strength. • Must have a 70 cm bore or greater. • Must have a calibrated/shimmed field homogeneity of < 1ppm over a 40cm DSV when measured using volume root mean square (VRMS) method1 • Must have 128 or more fully digitized channels. • Must have a gradient strength of 44 mT/m or higher with a slew rate of 200 T/m/sec or higher per axis (not effective gradient strength). • Must fit in the current MRI room (see attached floor plan for room dimensions) and allow storage of equine MRI table, anesthetic equipment, MRI coils, power supply, and all functioning components for the MRI in the same space. See included photos below. Peripheral equipment must fit in the associated adjacent MRI equipment room. • Must be able to scan canine and feline brains, canine and feline spines, canine musculoskeletal system (for example, shoulder or stifle), equine musculoskeletal system from feet to tarsus/carpus, equine brains, and avian or similarly sized exotic animal brains. Must provide at least one photo of an equine musculoskeletal system scan. Photo must include the entire body of the horse positioned in the proposed MRI system. Subsequent MRI studies must be available for LSU Vet Med’s review. MRI studies are not required with bid submission. • Magnet must be eligible for a turnkey field upgrade in the future to allow installation of future software versions and platforms using the same magnet and chiller. • Supplier shall obtain power for the MRI equipment from the existing 480V, 3 phase source presently powering the existing MRI equipment. All electrical wiring (power, control, signaling, data, etc.) including the primary power for the MRI equipment as well as all required electrical raceways shall be provided, installed and connected by the Supplier. MRI Coils: • Must be able to link 3 coils or more at one time. • Coil sizes must accommodate obtaining studies of avian heads, dog heads of varying sizes and breeds, canine spines of varying sizes and breeds, equine limbs from the feet to the tarsi/carpi, equine heads, canine stifles and shoulders, canine abdomens of varying sizes and breeds. • Coil capabilities must have a minimum of 16-channel for neuroimaging. • Must include the following coils: 16-channel knee coil, 16-channel or higher wrap coils of at least 2 sizes, 16-channel or higher flexible coils of 2 sizes, 32-channel body or spinal coil, 16- channel or higher cervical or neck coil, 6-channel or higher wrist coil. Software: • Equipment must be installed with the most current software versions available at time of installation. • Must be compatible and upgradeable with/to Windows 11 for client-side software and Windows 2019 for server-side software. • Must support modality worklist that can be integrated/retrieved from LSUSVM’s current radiology information system, AGFA EI. • Studies must be able to be stored on LSUSVM’s current picture archiving and communication system (PACS) server. • Requires 3D T1 with isotropic voxels. Voxels must be between 0.7mm and 1mm isotropic. • Must be comparable to the following standard sequences: T1W, T2W, T2*, MERGE, STIR, FLAIR, PD, DWI/ADC, FSPGR, balanced steady-state gradient echo, SWAN, Dixon sequence, and time-offlight