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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.
An alternative to this process is to If you are using Linux, you can alternatively access NBIA Data Retriever's command-line interface from CentOS or Ubuntu, which does not require the desktop environment.
To run the NBIA Data Retriever on CentOS, note 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 –f
To run the NBIA Data Retriever on Ubuntu, note the following sample command.
Code Block /opt/NBIADataRetriever/nbia-data-retriever --cli <location>/<manifest file name>.tcia -d <parent location>/<download directory> -l <location>/<credential file> -v –f
The available options for command line interface are described in the following table.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| -c, -C, --cli, --CLI | Indicates running as a CLI app |
| -u, -U <user name> | Optional |
| -p, -P <password> | Optional |
| -l <credential file> | Optional |
| -d, -D < download directory> | Optional. Default to be the current directory |
| -v, -V | Verbose. Default to be false. |
| -q, -Q | Quiet. Default to be false |
| -f, -F | Force to download the series the user has access. Default to be false. |
