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Downloading Images Using the NBIA Data Retriever 8.0
Downloading Images Using the NBIA Data Retriever 8.0

When you download images you have added to your cart, NBIA provides a list of these images in a manifest file (manifest-xxx.tcia). You must have already installed the NBIA Data Retriever to open this manifest file and download the images.

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To download images using the NBIA Data Retriever

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Open the manifest-xxx.tcia file.
The  NBIA Data Retriever appears, with the items you added to your cart in the Downloads table.
NBIA Data Retriever in the process of downloading dataImage Removed

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The NBIA Data Retriever lists all items you selected in the cart. You can hover your mouse over the Patient ID, Study Instance, and Series Instance columns to reveal the complete corresponding IDs. You can also resize a column by selecting and dragging the column border.

If you do not want to download any of those items, select them in the Downloads table and then click Delete. When you remove an item from the Downloads table, it stays in your cart.

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Click Browse to navigate to the destination where you want the images/annotations to be downloaded.

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At any point in the process, you can click the Pause and Resume buttons to temporarily stop and restart the process.

Note that files downloaded this way are not compressed. The downloaded files are stored in a child folder under the destination folder such as Collection Name > Patient ID > part of Study Date + part of Study ID + part of Study Description + last 5 digits of Study Instance UID > part of Series Number + part of Series Description + last 5 digits of Series Instance UID.

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titleNetwork Error?

If network errors occur during large downloads, the NBIA Data Retriever retries downloading the series in the manifest file the number of times that your administrator has configured. The default is four times.

After the automatic retries, you have the option of saving an error report, which you can share with NCI Application Support or of retrying just the failed series.

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