This chapter describes how to search the local and any selected remote image databases for images.
Topics in this chapter include:
NBIA enables you to search for images in the local NBIA in vivo image repository. If available, you can also search remote imaging archives.
NBIA is designed to perform the following tasks:
As subjects, studies, series or images are located, save them to your data basket for download.
When you download a series that has annotation files (indicated by Yes in the Contains Annotations column), they are automatically downloaded as well. |
NBIA submissions are organized in the following hierarchy, which is important to remember in creating your search query and reviewing search results:
Collection > Patient (Subject) > Study > Series > Images |
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NBIA provides three search modes:
While performing a Simple Search, you can save your choice of Collection(s), Image Modality(ies), and Anatomical Site as a named query. You can then run that query in the future or edit it if you want to change any of the search criteria. That edited query can either update your original query or become a new query with a new name.
The following procedures are associated with saved search queries.