For the NBIA Data Retriever version 3.0 and later, the version information appears in the About menu. The version also appears at the bottom of the login windows when you download a private collection. The following steps for determining your version apply to NBIA Data Retriever version 2.0 and earlier.
On Windows 10:
On Windows 7:
On Mac:
On CentOS:
yum list installed | grep "TCIADownloader"
On Ubuntu:
dpkg -l |grep tciadownloader
As of TCIA/NBIA 6.5.3, manifest files are self-contained and only version 3.0 and later of the NBIA Data Retriever can read it. Please update your app.
You can ignore the double entries. It is likely that you installed an early version of NBIA Data Retriever 2.0 or NBIA Data Retriever 1.0, which have different upgrade codes internally. The old software is removed when the new version is installed. If the newly installed application is not functioning as expected, you can manually remove the old one and reinstall the new one. However, it is not required to do so.
Always use the latest version of the application. The Downloader application is backward-compatible. The following table shows the version compatibility between manifest files and the Downloader.
NBIA Data Retriever Version | Manifest V1.0 | Manifest V2.0 | Manifest V3.0 |
---|---|---|---|
1.0 | Working | Working with public data requests* | Not working |
2.0 | Working with public data requests | Working | Auto-Upgrade and Manual Upgrade are working. Remind Me Later does nothing. |
3.0 | Working with public data requests | Working | Working |
On CentOS or Red Hat Linux, use the command sudo yum -v -y remove TCIADownloader.x86_64;sudo yum -y install NBIADataRetriever -3.2-1.x86_64.rpm
to install the NBIA Data Retriever. This command pulls and installs all missing dependent libraries when the NBIA Data Retriever is installed. If you install another way, you may not install all of the dependent libraries. Also, note that the NBIA Data Retriever always takes a manifest file as a parameter. In a GUI desktop environment, start the NBIA Data Retriever by clicking a manifest file.
Assuming the NBIA Data Retriever is installed on /opt/Downloader (this is the location that the NBIA Data Retriever is installed at when it is installed with command sudo yum -v -y remove TCIADownloader.x86_64;sudo yum -y install NBIADataRetriever -3.2-1.x86_64.rpm
). To run the NBIA Data Retriever from the command line, assuming you are running the NBIA Data Retriever 3.2, type the command:
sudo /opt/NBIADataRetriever/NBIADataRetriever <full path of manifest file including the file name>
The NBIA Data Retriever always needs to run with a manifest file. Although the application can be invoked from command line, it works best in a desktop environment such as Gnome, KDE, and so on. Once the NBIA Data Retriever is installed in the desktop environment, you can click any manifest file with the extension .tcia
to invoke the app.
These errors occur because the NBIA Data Retriever cannot work without a manifest file. See Creating Manifest Files for instructions to create a manifest file using NBIA or an API. To avoid this error, download and install the NBIA Data Retriever first, then locate a manifest file on your computer. If you have not installed the Downloader App or TCIA Downloader before, consider removing these applications first before installing the NBIA Data Retriever. This is not mandatory but will prevent you from having to specify which application your computer should use to open the manifest file. To do so, right-click the manifest file and choose to open it with the NBIA Data Retriever.
This is a Java bug that displays the following error message:
The workaround is to uninstall the NBIA Data Retriever and download the free community version of Visual Studio 2017. Install Visual Studio 2017 and then reinstall the NBIA Data Retriever.
When you have very specific search needs that the search filters and text search do not satisfy, but the information exists in the TCIA database, you have two options for specific searches.
Search the data portal
Run a search in the TCIA Radiology Portal. Add all of your search results to the cart. Sort your cart by number of images, or any other field you are interested in that appears in the search result. Remove the series you don't want by clicking the series' cart icon. Download the cart.
Build your own manifest
The other way is to export the spreadsheet, sort it by number of images, and then put the series ID from the spreadsheet into the manifest file.