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  • Current Release of NBIA: 7.1 GA, January 2020,
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    linkTextNBIA 7.1 Community Version Release Notes
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    linkTextNBIA 7.1 GA Community Version Release Announcement
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  • Current Release of NBIA Data Retriever: 3.5, January 2020 4.4, October 2022; Linux versions, 4.4.1, August 2023
  • Primary audience: Investigators and Researchers
  • Installation Level: Intermediate - technical assistance may be required; download may require supporting infrastructure or software.
  • System Requirements: Provides web-based access to de-identified DICOM images, markups, and annotations using role-based security. The NBIA download package is a ZIP package that includes the NBIA application, supporting libraries, RSNA Clinical Trial Processor (CTP) submission client/server (with NBIA modifications), and associated documentation.
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Tool Overview

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The National Biomedical Imaging Archive (available both in the

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search interface and
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search interface) is is a free and open-source service and a software application that enables users to securely store, search, and download diagnostic medical images, providing a searchable national repository integrating in vivo cancer images with clinical data. Using role-based security, NBIA provides web-based access to de-identified DICOM images, image markup, annotations, and rich metadata. The NBIA download package is a ZIP package that includes the NBIA application, supporting libraries, the RSNA MIRC application (with NBIA modifications), documentation, and a sample NBIA databaseidentify DICOM images.

Along with the Clinical Trial Processor software from the Radiological Society of North America, NBIA supports customized de-identification of images. NBIA is able to integrate with other applications through a set of APIs. For more information, see the  Link in New WindowlinkTextthe NBIA REST API User GuidetipNBIA REST API User GuidehrefNBIA REST API User Guide

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linkTextNBIA DICOM API User Guide
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, and 
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hrefNBIA WADO API User Guide

NCI's hosted instance of NBIA provides researchers and clinicians with a demonstration of a robust DICOM archive that can securely share and access images to enhance scientific research and support clinical decision making. Anyone can deploy a local instance of NBIA, which you can customize to your organization's branding.

Installation and Downloads

Before installing NBIA, you must download and install Java SE Development Kit 8, Apache Ant, MySQL, and Tomcat, and set environmental variables. You must also specify the parameters in the properties file to customize NBIA. Refer to Chapters 3 and 4 of the

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 for details.

After installing all pre-requisite software and setting the properties, you can install NBIA by typing the single command ant. The NBIA installation configures Tomcat for running NBIA and the optional NBIA REST API, and creates an NBIA-specific schema within a pre-existing database on a pre-installed MySQL server. Refer to Chapter 5 of the 

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 for NBIA installation details.

Guides

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Installation and Downloads

Refer to

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is available on the NBIA wiki. There is also an
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. GitHub
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 Sign up for the
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to receive updates about this tool.

NBIA Installation Files and Release Notes

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 for more information on building and installing NBIA.

No community support is available from the NCI for NBIA.

NBIA Data Retriever 4.4

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(Current Release)

The NBIA Data Retriever is an application that allows you to download the images you have Link in New WindowlinkTextadding added data to the carttipAdding Data to the Carthrefhttps://wiki.nci.nih. gov/display/NBIA/National+Biomedical+Imaging+Archive+User+Guide#NationalBiomedicalImagingArchiveUserGuide-AddingDatatotheCart. More information on how to use the NBIA Data Retriever is at 

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in the TCIA Radiology Portal User's Guide. The NCI supports the current release of the NBIA Data Retriever and two previous releases. Earlier releases have been deprecated.

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1.x86_64.rpm

To run this file, type the following at the command prompt:
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NBIADataRetriever-4.4.x86_64.rpm;sudo

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To run this file, type the following at the command prompt:

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Documentation

Defects and Feature Requests

Open-Source Development

Contact Application Support for information about NBIA is an open-source development and NBIA.

Refer to the latest

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hrefhttps://wiki.nci.nih.gov/display/NBIA/National+Biomedical+Imaging+Archive+Installation+Guide
, and
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project with its code repository on GitHub

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Presentations, Demos and Other Materials

  • DICOM Viewer Linksviewer links
  • TCIA Data Portal four-video YouTube  YouTube playlist
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