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A detailed TCIA user's guide can be obtained by clicking on TCIA Radiology Portal User’s Guide.
2. How do I contact TCIA Help Desk?
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A bug in the software causes a sign in window to rarely and randomly appear when you access the website.
To resolve this issue until the bug is fixed, click Cancel on the Sign in window and proceed normally with using TCIA. If you do need to log in to visit a restricted collection, do not sign in on this window but rather click the Login tab to open the normal Login window.
Questions about User Accounts
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Not unless you need to access private collections, or use shared lists. Just search for images without entering login information.
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From Radiology Portal, click 
and then click New account. Remember that you do NOT need a user ID and password unless you need to access private collections. Just search for images without entering login information.
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The National Biomedical Imaging Archive (NBIA) software enables searching for images in TCIA’s local in vivo image repository. For simple searches, see Performing a Simple Search. For text searches, see Performing a Text Search (these links are in the TCIA Radiology Portal User's Guide) for more detailed instructions.
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As you review search results in TCIA, you can add items at any level to your cart for subsequent download. You can then view subject details, thumbnails of the image series, and DICOM headers.
5. Can I share the data in my cart?
Once you have added data to your cart, you can share it as a URL to a static set of data. When you or a colleague opens the URL in a browser window, the new TCIA Graphical User Interface (GUI) opens to the cart page.
6. What if I have a question pertaining to sharing a query?
You can save your query for later use or share it with a colleague by email.
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