Searching NBIA for Images 7.0

To perform a simple search

• On the NBIA home page, click Simple Search or Search Images > Simple Search.
  The Simple Search page appears.
  
  Choose the search criteria as described in the following table.

  Description	Simple Search Criteria
  Results per Page	Select the number of search results per page the search will return.
  Collection(s)	Collections are NCI-defined groupings of image data sets. Select from the collections to which you can access. If none are selected, then the search returns data for all collections. Click the (?) icon next to the collection name to display a popup with the collection description if it exists. Click Collection Descriptions for more information about the collections.
  Image Modality(ies)	Select from the available image classifications. If none are selected, then the search returns data for all modalities.  Specify whether to Return cases that include All or ANY Modality. Modality description Descriptive text for the modality displays when you hover the cursor over the option. The NBIA data portal can perform ultrasound-specific searches. To launch an ultrasound image search, select US in the list of Image Modalities. When you do so, three additional search options display on the page, shown below. Configure the options appropriately for the ultrasound data you want to search. Number of frames: One ultrasound DICOM file can consist of multiple frames which you can specify in this option. Specify if Ultrasound Color Data is present. Specify one or more Ultrasound Image Modes. If you choose to view an ultrasound DICOM file in animation, NBIA loops through all of the images in the file.
  Anatomical Site	To further restrict the search, optionally choose the anatomical site of interest.
  Manufacturer Model	To restrict manufacturer model results, uncheck All Manufacturers. Expand and display the list as needed, and select the items to restrict the search.
  Available (mm/dd/yyyy)	To restrict results to the date the image became available in the system, expand the panel, enter from and to dates and select Add Criteria to perform the search.
  Subject ID	To restrict results to a comma-separated list of patient IDs, expand the panel, enter the list of patient IDs, and select Add Criteria to perform the search.
  Baseline Plus	Expand the panel and specify the Minimum Number of Additional Studies.

  To clear the search criteria and start over, click .

  The search results appear.
  
  

  Save the Query

  You can save your search criteria to make it easier to repeat this query in the future. After you have selected one or more search criteria, the Save Query link appears at the bottom left of the page.

  To save a search query

  1. Select search criteria.

  2. In the box above the Save Query link, enter a name for your query.

     
     
     
     

  3. Click Save Query.
     The query is saved. You can see it by selecting Tools > View Saved Queries.

  For more information, see Managing Saved Queries.

  Navigation Tips

  • Click the down arrow next to a column title to sort the column by that item.
  • Click the arrows at the bottom of the table to display the first, previous, next, or last page of results.
  • Click the page number links to move to a specific page of results.
  The Search Results (Studies for Subject) page shows studies associated with the subject that you selected on the Search Results by Subject page. Each study, identified by Study Instance ID, Description, and Date, is followed by a table with rows for each image series in the study. At the top and bottom of the page, breadcrumbs in the format Search >> Study show the level of the data on the page. Clicking Search in those breadcrumbs returns you to your original search results.

  The following table describes the data available for each study and image series in that study.

  Field	Description
  DICOM Web Viewer link	Click this link to see all study images in the DICOM Web Viewer.
  Series	Series identification number
  Description	Description of the series
  Modality	Image modality
  Manufacturer	Name of the manufacturer of the image series
  Images	Displays the number of images in the series. This number includes visible images that meet the search criteria.
  Thumbnails	Click this link to display thumbnails of the series' images. For more information, see Search Results (Images for Series).
  Cine Mode	Click in a series record to launch an animation of the series. This feature is only available when two or more thumbnails are available for the series. For more information, see Viewing Image Animation.
  DICOM	Click to open a new window that displays DICOM metadata about the first image in the series.  Each image series can have multiple images whose thumbnails display in this search results page. While each image has its own DICOM file whose attributes may vary slightly from the others in the series, the DICOM file that opens displays values for only the first image in the series. These values represent the values for all images in the series.
  Add to Basket	Click to select a series and add it to your data basket, or to remove it from your data basket. To mark all series in the search results as records you want to add to your data basket, click . For more information, see Managing the Data Basket.
  Add a Study series to Basket	To add only the series in a single study in the search results to your basket, click in the Add This Study to Basket section.

Text search does have some restrictions. These are:

• The text string you use must have more than one character. The search won't return any values if the text string has only one character.
• Do not use a forward slash (/) in your text string.
• Do not use complex searches with AND or OR statements (text search supports Lucene syntax but only a single field can be searched at a time).

To perform a text search

1. On the NBIA home page, click Text Search or Search Images > Text Search. 
   The Text Search page appears.

   

2. Select the number of search results per page you want the search to return.
3. In the box at the top of the page, enter a text string of two characters or more.

4. Click . 
   The search results appear.
   

The following table describes each item in the search results table.

To perform an advanced search

1. On the NBIA home page, click Advanced Search or Search Images > Advanced Search.
   The Advanced Search page appears.
   
   
2. Select the number of search results per page the search will return.
3. From the Match options, select ALL to find image series that meet all of your search criteria or select ANY Criteria to find image series that meet any of your search criteria.
4. From the first Criteria list, select an NBIA entity. Your selection here determines the options available for the rest of the search criteria.

5. Select options from the lists or enter text into the box as needed to perform your search. If you enter text into the box, click the Add icon () for each set of criteria you define.
   As soon as you specify the final criterion, the criteria you selected appear in the box below the criteria and the search results appear to the right.

   Modality searches

   Modality searches only support the CT and MR modalities.

   
   

   

   Navigation Tips

   • Click the down arrow next to a column title to sort the column by that item.
   • Click the arrows at the bottom of the table to display the first, previous, next, or last page of results.
   • Click the page number links to move to a specific page of results.

   The following table describes each item in the search results table.

   Search Result	Description
   Collection ID	Collection identifier
   Subject ID	Click the Subject ID to view all study images for this subject in a DICOM web viewer, a single series' thumbnails, or the DICOM header for the first image in the series. See Search Results (Studies for Subject).
   Matched Studies	Total number of studies for this subject that match the search criteria
   Total Studies	Total number of studies for the subject
   Matched Series	Total number of image series for the subject that match the search criteria
   Total Series	Total number of image series for the subject
   	Add the images for a single series or the entire study to your data basket. When you have marked a record for addition to the data basket, it is highlighted in yellow. Click  to select the record and  to clear it. To mark all records in the search results as records you want to add to your data basket, click the basket icon in the column header or click . For more information, see Managing the Data Basket.

6. To further refine your results, select new search criteria. These new criteria filter your existing results and as with the previous search, the criteria you selected appear in a box below the criteria. Click the to delete the record from the page or click   to delete all criteria and start over.

1. Select search criteria.

2. In the box above the Save Query link, enter a name for your query.

   
   
   
   

3. Click Save Query.
   The query is saved. You can see it by selecting Tools > View Saved Queries.

To view, edit, and resubmit saved queries

• Select Tools > View Saved Queries.
  The Saved Queries page appears.
  

  

  The query table is sorted in descending order by Last Executed date by default. You can also sort by Query Name by clicking on the down arrow next to the column title.
  
  The following table describes the information about your saved queries on this page.

You can also perform the following action on the Saved Queries page.

• Select Tools > View Query History link
  or
  Click the Query History tab from the Saved Queries page.
  The Query History page appears. The Query History page displays a table of the last twenty queries that you executed. These include saved queries that you resubmitted as well as queries you have not saved.
  

The Query History page contains the following information:

Click the Saved Queries tab to view, edit, or resubmit saved queries (see Managing Saved Queries).