Tool Overview

The National Biomedical Imaging Archive (available both in the search interface and 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

 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 

 for NBIA installation details.

is available on the NBIA wiki. There is also an .  Sign up for the to receive updates about this tool.

NBIA Installation Files and Release Notes

NBIA Data Retriever 3.5 (Current Release)

The NBIA Data Retriever is an application that allows you to download the images you have . More information on how to use the NBIA Data Retriever is at  .

Support and Documentation

• NCI CBIIT Application Support Email
• NBIA Documentation
• NBIA Listserv (requires login)

Defects and Feature Requests

• Report a defect or request a feature for NBIA on NCI JIRA

Open-Source Development

Contact Application Support for information about open-source development and NBIA.

Refer to the latest , , and . 

Presentations, Demos and Other Materials

• DICOM Viewer Links
• TCIA Data Portal four-video YouTube