. ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Prior ▁to ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁T CI A , ▁the ▁N CI ▁fund ed ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁National ▁Bi omed ical ▁Im aging ▁Archive . ▁N B IA ▁is ▁an ▁open - source ▁Web ▁application ▁which ▁was ▁designed ▁to ▁allow ▁the ▁storage ▁and ▁query ▁of ▁D IC OM ▁images . ▁T CI A ▁was ▁subsequently ▁initi ated ▁in ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁to ▁expand ▁data ▁sharing ▁activities ▁by ▁fund ing ▁a ▁service ▁component ▁which ▁would ▁help ▁address ▁the ▁technical ▁and ▁policy ▁challeng es ▁associated ▁with ▁medical ▁imag ing ▁research . ▁T CI A ▁lever ages ▁open - source ▁tools ▁such ▁as ▁N B IA ▁and ▁C lin ical ▁Tri als ▁Process or ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁provide ▁its ▁services . ▁ ▁Organ ization ▁of ▁the ▁archive ▁ ▁The ▁site ▁content ▁is ▁organized ▁into ▁five ▁categories : ▁ ▁About ▁Us ▁- ▁Prov ides ▁a ▁general ▁over view ▁of ▁the ▁site ▁the ▁organizations ▁responsible ▁for ▁operating ▁it . ▁ ▁Share ▁Your ▁Data ▁- ▁Prov ides ▁an ▁over view ▁of ▁how ▁to ▁apply ▁to ▁upload ▁data ▁to ▁the ▁archive . ▁ ▁Access ▁the ▁Archive ▁- ▁Prov ides ▁information ▁about ▁the ▁available ▁data , ▁methods ▁for ▁accessing ▁that ▁data ▁and ▁system ▁usage ▁metrics . ▁ ▁Research ▁Activ ities ▁- ▁Prov ides ▁information ▁about ▁major ▁research ▁initi atives ▁being ▁conducted ▁using ▁T CI A ▁data ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁information ▁about ▁publication ▁gu idel ines . ▁ ▁Help ▁- ▁Prov ides ▁information ▁about ▁how ▁to ▁get ▁support ▁using ▁the ▁archive ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁documentation