3 - Working with Images in TCIA 6.5

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

Click View Image under any thumbnail to save the image as a file or open it in the DICOM viewer.

• On the Search Results (Studies for Subject) page, you can launch an animation of thumbnails if there is more than one image in the series. Click in a series record in the search results.
  
  OR
• You can launch the animation of an image series from the data basket. In the View column of the data basket, click the magnifying glass symbol,, corresponding to the series you want to view. On the View Series Images page, click the View Series in Cine Mode link.
  
  When the viewer opens (figure above), the animation controls display below the image. When you use the controls, NBIA proceeds to display the images sequentially, like a movie.

The following table describes the action of each of the animation controls.

You select items to download by first searching for them in NBIA and then adding them to your data basket.

The following is an example of the My Data Basket page with just one image collection in it. The estimated download time and the total size of your data basket appear at the bottom.

The following table describes each item in the table.

To delete all items from your basket, click the Empty Data Basket link. You can continue to add items to your data basket from the Search Results pages.

You can now download the data in your data basket using the Downloader. You must install the application before you proceed with downloading.

Once you are satisfied with your selections, click Download at the top left of the results table to use the Downloader.

To create a shared list

You can create a shared list from data basket or the Tools menu. Procedures for both methods follow.

Data Basket

1. Add an image series that you want to include in the shared list to the data basket.
2. Click the Create Shared List button.
3. Do the following:
   
   1. Enter a Name for the list (required).
   2. Optionally, add a description and a URL. The URL links to relevant or more detailed information about the list.
   3. Click Browse to upload a file in comma separated value format (.csv) that includes all of the series instance IDs you want to be in the shared list. This file should have one series instance UID per line.
4. Click Submit.
   The image series from the uploaded file is added to the data basket.

Menu Option:

1. Click Tools > Create Shared List.
   The Create Shared List page appears.
   
2. On this page, do the following:
3. 1. Enter a Name for the list (required).
   2. Add Comments and a Hyperlink, where appropriate, which links to relevant or more detailed information about the list (optional).
   3. In the Upload File field, enter the name of a file that includes all of the series instance IDs you want to be in the shared list. This file should have a series instance UID per line.
   4. For your convenience, a Java tool is available to aid in generating a CSV of your series instance UIDs. 
      Download: ExtractSeriesUIDs.zip
      Do the following to use this tool to generate the file to upload in the last field of our online Create Shared List form:
      1. Download the zip file, then move it to a top-level directory of DICOM files you want indexed.
      2. Extract the zip file to the top level directory where your DICOM data resides (all sub-directories will be scanned). It should extract two things.
      3. Then run ExtractSeriesUIDs.bat which should flash a quick command line window and then automatically disappear.
         A file with a name similar to SeriesUIDs.CSV is created as an output.
      4. Enter the output filename into the form.
4. Click Submit.
   The image series from the uploaded file is added to the data basket.

To edit a shared list

1. Click the Edit Shared List link under Tools on the menu bar.
   The Edit My Shared List page appears, displaying a list of shared lists you have created.
   
2. Click the name of the shared list you want to edit.
   List details appear.
   
3. In the description field, optionally enter a comment about the list or your edit.
4. In the URL field, optionally enter a web address that provides more information about the shared list.

5. Click Browse to locate the file you want to upload. Doing this replaces the current shared list.

To delete a shared list

Because editing a shared list is only possible by replacing it, you might consider backing up a shared list when you create it. To do so, export the shared list as a file when you create it. See Exporting a Shared List.

To export a shared list

1. Above the data table, click Shared List > Export Series ID.
   The shared list opens in the data basket.
   
   The export begins immediately. A dialog box appears, prompting you to open (in Excel) or save the file.
2. Select to open or save the file.

 To delete a shared list, follow these steps:

1. Click Admin > Manage Shared List.
   The Manage Shared List page appears.
   
2. Select a user name from the list.
   That user's shared list(s) appear.
   

3. Click the name link to review the shared list's details or click to delete shared the shared list.