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If you would prefer to interact with TCIA's Helpdesk staff, please visit https://www.cancerimagingarchive.net/support/.

Video Tutorials

The Cancer Imaging Archive team participated in the "Public Cancer Imaging Data Repositories for Biomedical Data Science Research" tutorial workshop at the 23rd international conference on Medical Image Computing & Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) on October 8, 2020. The workshop included the following 4 presentations:

Introduction & Publishing New Data on TCIA - John Freymann

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Browsing Radiology and Pathology Data - Justin Kirby

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Searching/filtering/displaying data - Lawrence Tarbox

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Additional tools to access the data - Fred Prior

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Accessing TCIA data

Review the following documentation:

• TCIA Radiology Portal

For help using TCIA:

• TCIA User's Guide - An extensive guide documenting all of the features within TCIA.
• Searching by Collection - A short guide on how to search by Collection in NBIA. Collections are purpose-built data sets relating to a common scientific research initiative or project.
• Image Collections - This wiki page lists all of the different collections hosted within TCIA Radiology Portal.
• Data Usage Policies and Restrictions - Guidance on usage restrictions and citation guidelines.

For submitting data to TCIA:

• Creating a TCIA Account - Create your TCIA account as the first step in requesting access to Limited data.

Submitting Data to TCIA

• Contribute Contribute Image Data - If you're interested in providing data to host on TCIA this is the place to start the process.
• What to expect as an Image Provider - This page provides a high level summary of the major steps involved in submitting your data to TCIA.
• Image Submitter Site User's Guide - A detailed guide outlining the steps necessary to complete your submission to TCIA.
• please read about the two types of data we accept:
  • New TCIA Dataset
  • Analyses of Existing TCIA Datasets
• TCIA HIPAA and PHI Compliance - An overview of the implementation of DICOM de-identification standards (Attribute Confidentiality Profile – DICOM PS 3.15: Appendix E) used by TCIA. 
• TCIA Submission Quick Start Guide 9-17-2014.docx Quick Start Guide: Using TCIA's CTP based Submission Wizard Software to Submit Images - A quick start guide to installing CTP the Submission Wizard and transmitting images to TCIA. 
• TCIA HIPAA and PHI Compliance - An overview of the implementation of DICOM WG 18 Supplement 142 Guidance in TCIA data processing.

If you would prefer to interact with TCIA's User Support Center, we can be reached by:

• Further information listed at http://www.cancerimagingarchive.net/support
• Phone +1 (385) 275-8242 (+1 385 ASK-TCIA)
• Text to (385) 275-8242
• Email:help@cancerimagingarchive.net  How to Submit Histopathology Data to TCIA - A quick start guide for transmitting histopathology images to TCIA.