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The NBIA Data Retriever is a software product you can download and install so that you can download radiology images from from the TCIA Radiology Portal.
If you are using Linux, you can alternatively access NBIA Data Retriever's command-line interface, which does not require the desktop environment.
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In the two sample commands that follow, the -l <credential file> option is required when the manifest file contains series from restricted collections, and unnecessary when the manifest file contains series from public collections only. |
To run the NBIA Data Retriever on CentOS, run the following sample command.
Code Block /opt/NBIADataRetriever/NBIADataRetriever --cli <location>/<manifest file name>.tcia -d <parent location>/<download directory> -l <location>/<credential file> -v –fTo run the NBIA Data Retriever on Ubuntu, run the following sample command.
Code Block /opt/nbia-data-retriever/nbia-data-retriever --cli <location>/<manifest file name>.tcia -d <parent location>/<download directory> -l <location>/<credential file> -v –fTip A credential file is a text file that passes the user's credentials in the following format:
Code Block userName=YourUserName passWord=YourPasswordThe parameters "userName" and "passWord" are case-sensitive.
The options available for the command line interface are described in the following table.
if you use the Data Retriever CLI with option -v, -f, or -q, and want to access restricted collection(s), put these options after the user credential parameters.
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Required when the manifest file has series from restricted collections.
Optional when the manifest file has series from public collections only.
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