The text search does have some restrictions. These are:

• The text string you use must have more than one character. The search won't return any values if the text string has only one character.
• Do not use a forward slash (/) in your text string.
• Do not use complex searches with AND or OR statements (text search supports Lucene syntax but only a single field can be searched at a time).

To perform a text search

1. On the TCIA home page, click Text Search or Search Images > Text Search.
   The Text Search page appears.

   

2. In the Text Search box, enter a text string of two characters or more.

3. Click .
   The search results appear.
   
   
   

   Navigation Tips

   • Click the down arrow next to the Subject ID column header to sort the results alphabetically (A to Z or Z to A) by Subject ID.
   • Click the arrows at the bottom of the table to display the first, previous, next, or last page of results.
   • Click the page number links to move to a specific page of results.
   • In the Show (10) entries box in the bottom left, edit the default 10 to the number of entries you want to see on a search results page.

   The following table describes each item in the search results table.

   Search Result	Description
   	Click the caret to view the subject details. Click the cart symbol to add image series to your cart.
   Collection ID	Collection identifier
   Subject ID	Click the Subject ID to view all study images for this subject in a DICOM web viewer, a single series' thumbnails, or the DICOM header for the first image in the series.
   Hit	The field in the study where the text string you entered as your search criteria appears.

From the Search Results tab, you can view subject details, view all image series associated with the subject, and add image series to your cart for download. You can also view the DICOM header for a selected image series. In the future, you will be able to view the image.

To view subject details

1. Search for studies that match criteria that interest you.
   The Summary tab refreshes to show your search results in pie chart form.

2. Click the Search Results tab.
   The search results that match your criteria appear sorted by Subject ID.

   You can add all studies associated with a subject to your cart at the same time or drill down to an individual study and add it to your cart instead.

3. Click a Subject ID link.
   All studies associated with this subject appear. In this example, this subject is only associated with one study, and only one image series is associated with that study.

   The red asterisk indicates that the date, which is the date that this series was first available at TCIA, has been offset to protect private health information.

4. Click the date or the arrow to the left of the study cart icon to view details about the selected study.
   All of the image series associated with that study appear.
   
   You can now:

• • View the series description, modality, manufacturer, number of images, and series ID.
  • View thumbnails of the image series.
  • View DICOM data for this image series.
  • View an animation of the image series.
  • Download study data.

To view a TCIA collection

1. View the details for a subject.
2. Click the study date link for the collection you want to view.
   The image series associated with this study appear.
   
3. In the row for an image series, click.
   The images in the series open in the Open Health Imaging Foundation (OHIF) Viewer.
   
4. Click to display the images in the series sequentially.

To add all subjects to the cart

1. Search for the subject.
2. Click the Search Results tab.

3. Click the subject cart icon in the row of one or more subjects. This selects all studies associated with each subject.
   The cart icon turns green and the number of image series now in your cart appears next to the cart. The cart itself, in the upper-right of the window, shows how large the download will be.

   To remove all of the data associated with this subject from the cart, click the cart icon again.

   
   

To add selected studies to the cart

1. Search for the subject.
2. Click the Search Results tab.
3. Click a Subject ID link or click the arrow to the left of the subject cart to open all series associated with that subject.
4. Click the cart icon for one or more series.
   • The study cart icons you select turn green.
   • The subject cart icon for the subject turns yellow, indicating that you have not selected all available studies for this subject.
     
     

To add selected series to the cart

1. Search for the subject.
2. Click the Search Results tab.
3. Click a Subject ID link or click the arrow to the left of the subject cart to open all series associated with that subject.
4. Click a study date link or click the arrow to the left of the study cart to open all the series associated with that study.
5. Click the cart icon for one or more series.
   • The series cart icons you select turn green.
   • The study cart icon for the subject turns yellow, indicating that you have not selected all available series for this study.
   • The subject cart icon for the subject turns yellow, indicating that you have not selected all available studies and series for this subject.