Dear NBIA Users,
We're pleased to announce the release of version 5.1 of the National Biomedical Imaging Archive (NBIA), available at http://imaging.nci.nih.gov. This release significantly improves end user functionality and back end administration as explained below.
Ultrasound Search
The NBIA Portal now has ultrasound specific searching capabilities
For searching remote nodes NBIA gets availability of search term for Ultrasound related criteria
QC Tool Improvement
The QC Tool now has a check all button to quickly select all items
Improved Download Manager
Working collaboratively with the members of the Imaging Workspace the reliability of Download Manager has been improved. If network errors occur during large downloads Download Manager will retry the files a configurable number of times.
Modality Information in Web Search
The text of the modality is displayed when it is in focus
Deletion Performance Improvement
The deletion of large numbers of series is now performed by a message driven bean allowing the user to work on other tasks while the deletion occurs in the background
Improved Security
NBIA has undergone extensive security scanning and is now protected for various forms of attack such as Cross Site Scripting and Cross Site Request Forgery
Clinical Trials Processor (CTP) Update
NBIA has been integrated with the latest version of CTP
AntHill Pro 3
The NBIA can now be deployed with AntHill Pro 3, the tool used by CBIIT systems support
Section 508 Compliance
The NBIA has improved compliance with Section 508 for people with disabilities
Technology Infrastructure Updates
The NBIA portal has been upgraded to run on JBoss 5.1, MySQL 5.1 and caGrid 1.4
For more information:
Detailed release notes can be found SVN
For groups interested in installing NBIA 5.1 locally, the installation guide is located here NBIA 5.1 Installation Guide
As always, support is available via email, ncicb@pop.nci.nih.gov, or by telephone, (301)451-4384, toll free (888)478-4423
