▁c ite ▁the ▁data ▁if ▁used ▁in ▁publications . ▁ ▁Many ▁collections ▁contain ▁additional ▁data ▁types ▁such ▁as ▁genom ics , ▁patient ▁dem ograph ics , ▁treatment ▁details , ▁and ▁expert ▁anal ys es ▁of ▁the ▁images . ▁This ▁data ▁is ▁usually ▁only ▁found ▁by ▁brow sing ▁the ▁collection ▁pages ▁as ▁opposed ▁to ▁searching ▁in ▁N B IA ▁or ▁using ▁the ▁API . ▁ ▁Filter ing ▁or ▁searching ▁with ▁N B IA ▁ ▁On ▁each ▁Collection ▁page ▁and ▁also ▁in ▁the ▁main ▁menu ▁of ▁the ▁site ▁there ▁are ▁links ▁to ▁" Search ▁T CI A ". ▁ ▁This ▁will ▁load ▁the ▁N B IA ▁application ▁which ▁allows ▁simple , ▁advanced ▁and ▁free ▁text ▁searches . ▁Search ▁results ▁follow ▁the ▁conventional ▁D IC OM ▁hierarchy ▁of ▁patient ▁-> ▁study ▁-> ▁series . ▁ ▁T CI A ▁provides ▁compreh ensive ▁documentation ▁on ▁the ▁various ▁features ▁of ▁the ▁N B IA ▁software . ▁ ▁REST ful ▁API ▁ ▁A ▁number ▁of ▁search ▁and ▁download ▁commands ▁are ▁also ▁available ▁through ▁the ▁API . ▁New ▁iterations ▁on ▁the ▁API ▁are ▁released ▁as ▁new ▁versions , ▁so ▁that ▁existing ▁applications ▁developed ▁against ▁older ▁versions ▁of ▁the ▁API ▁continue ▁to ▁function . ▁ ▁Research ▁activities ▁ ▁A ▁list ▁of ▁known ▁publications ▁based ▁on ▁T CI A ▁data ▁is ▁maintained ▁as ▁a ▁convenience ▁to ▁research ers ▁who ▁might ▁want ▁to ▁investigate ▁how ▁it ▁has ▁been ▁used ▁previously . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁peer - review ed ▁publications ▁there ▁are ▁also ▁several ▁major ▁research ▁initi atives ▁described ▁in ▁the ▁Research ▁Activ ities ▁section