- Current Release of NBIA: 7.1 GA, January 2020, NBIA 7.1 Community Version Release Notes, NBIA 7.1 GA Community Version Release Announcement
- Current Release of NBIA Data Retriever: 3.5, January 2020
- Primary audience: Investigators and Researchers
- Installation Level: Intermediate - technical assistance may be required; download may require supporting infrastructure or software.
- System Requirements: Provides web-based access to de-identified DICOM images, markups, and annotations using role-based security. The NBIA download package is a ZIP package that includes the NBIA application, supporting libraries, RSNA Clinical Trial Processor (CTP) submission client/server (with NBIA modifications), and associated documentation.
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Tool Overview
The National Biomedical Imaging Archive (available both in the classic search interface and new search interface) is a free and open-source service and a software application that enables users to securely store, search, and download diagnostic medical images, providing a searchable national repository integrating in vivo cancer images with clinical data. Using role-based security, NBIA provides web-based access to de-identified DICOM images, image markup, annotations, and rich metadata. The NBIA download package is a ZIP package that includes the NBIA application, supporting libraries, the RSNA MIRC application (with NBIA modifications), documentation, and a sample NBIA database. |
Along with the Clinical Trial Processor software from the Radiological Society of North America, NBIA supports customized de-identification of images. NBIA is able to integrate with other applications through a set of APIs. For more information, see the NBIA REST API User Guide, NBIA DICOM API User Guide, and NBIA WADO API User Guide.
NCI's hosted instance of NBIA provides researchers and clinicians with a demonstration of a robust DICOM archive that can securely share and access images to enhance scientific research and support clinical decision making. Anyone can deploy a local instance of NBIA, which you can customize to your organization's branding.
Installation and Downloads
Before installing NBIA, you must download and install Java SE Development Kit 8, Apache Ant, MySQL, and Tomcat, and set environmental variables. You must also specify the parameters in the properties file to customize NBIA. Refer to Chapters 3 and 4 of the NBIA Classic Installation Guide for details.
After installing all pre-requisite software and setting the properties, you can install NBIA by typing the single command ant. The NBIA installation configures Tomcat for running NBIA and the optional NBIA REST API, and creates an NBIA-specific schema within a pre-existing database on a pre-installed MySQL server. Refer to Chapter 5 of the NBIA Classic Installation Guide for NBIA installation details.
NBIA User Documentation is available on the NBIA wiki. There is also an NBIA GitHub repository. 
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NBIA Installation Files and Release Notes
| NBIA 7.1 GA Artifacts (Current Release) | File | Size |
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NBIA Distribution Package
| Please contact Application Support to request the installation package. |
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| CTP Client Package (including FileSender) | Please contact Application Support to request the installation package.
| 22.9 MB |
| NBIA Release Notes | | N/A |
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| Windows | | 100.32 MB | | Mac | |
| | Linux (tested on CentOS) | NBIADataRetriever-3.3-1.x86_64.rpm To run this file, type the following at the command prompt:
sudo yum -v -y remove TCIADownloader.x86_64;sudo yum -y install NBIADataRetriever -3.3-1.x86_64.rpm
| 91.15 MB | | Linux (tested on Ubuntu) | nbia-data-retriever-3.3.deb
To run this file, type the following at the command prompt:
sudo -S dpkg -r tciadownloader;sudo -S dpkg -i nbia-data-retriever-3.3.deb | 82.8 MB |
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NBIA Data Retriever 3.5 (Current Release)
The NBIA Data Retriever is an application that allows you to download the images you have adding data to the cart. More information on how to use the NBIA Data Retriever is at Downloading NBIA Images.
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| Windows | | 100.32 MB |
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| Linux (tested on CentOS) | NBIADataRetriever-3.5-1.x86_64.rpm To run this file, type the following at the command prompt:
sudo yum -v -y remove NBIADataRetriever -3.3-1.x86_64.rpm;sudo yum -y install NBIADataRetriever -3.5-1.x86_64.rpm
| 91.15 MB |
| Linux (tested on Ubuntu) | nbia-data-retriever-3.5.deb
To run this file, type the following at the command prompt:
sudo -S dpkg -r nbia-data-retriever-3.3.deb;sudo -S dpkg -i nbia-data-retriever-3.5.deb | 82.8 MB |
Support and Documentation
Defects and Feature Requests
Open-Source Development
Contact Application Support for information about open-source development and NBIA.
Refer to the latest NBIA Classic Installation Guide, NBIA Data Portal User Guide, NBIA Developer Documentation, and NBIA Release Announcements and Release Notes.
Presentations, Demos and Other Materials