▁but ▁many ▁other ▁types ▁of ▁supporting ▁data ▁are ▁also ▁provided ▁or ▁linked ▁to , ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁enh ance ▁research ▁utility . ▁All ▁data ▁are ▁de - ident ified ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁comp ly ▁with ▁the ▁Health ▁In sur ance ▁Port ability ▁and ▁Account ability ▁Act ▁and ▁National ▁Instit utes ▁of ▁Health ▁data ▁sharing ▁policies . ▁ ▁T CI A ▁resources ▁are ▁intended ▁to ▁support : ▁ ▁Development ▁of ▁computer ▁a ided ▁diagn osis ▁methods ▁( quant itative ▁imag ing ) ▁▁ ▁E valu ation ▁of ▁un bi ased ▁science ▁reprodu ci b ility ▁by ▁acceptable ▁standard ▁statistical ▁methods ▁▁ ▁Research ▁on ▁correlation ▁of ▁clin ical ▁di agnostic ▁medical ▁images ▁with ▁digital ▁micro scop ic ▁hist ological ▁images ▁▁ ▁Ex pl or atory ▁bi om ark er ▁research ▁for ▁which ▁imag ing ▁is ▁a ▁key ▁element ▁▁ ▁Coll abor ation ▁between ▁cross - dis cipl inary ▁investig ators ▁where ▁imag ing ▁is ▁cru cial ▁to ▁research ▁on ▁tum or ▁heter ogene ity , ▁between ▁patients ▁and ▁within ▁the ▁tum or ; ▁t issue ▁temporal ▁response ▁tracking ▁- ▁objective ▁measurements ▁of ▁tum or ▁pro gression ; ▁imag ing ▁genom ics ▁and ▁Big ▁Data ▁link ages ▁and ▁analysis ▁( cl in ical , ▁h isto - path ology , ▁genom ics ) ▁ ▁T CI A ▁is ▁recognized ▁as ▁a ▁recommended ▁repository ▁for ▁Nature ▁Scient ific ▁Data , ▁PL OS ▁One , ▁and ▁F 1 0 0 0 Res earch . ▁It ▁is ▁also ▁listed ▁in ▁the ▁Reg istry ▁of ▁Research ▁Data ▁Re pos itories