The document summarizes new software improvements in versions 6.5 and 6.5.1 of TCIA including making downloader installation files paths and names configurable, creating Linux installers for the TCIA downloader, and improving the downloader by providing a default download directory. It also discusses major upgrades for TCIA including installable downloader apps for Windows, Mac, and Linux that start automatically when a manifest file is opened in the browser and return manifest files that can be reused and shared for public collections. Future improvements will allow manifest files to also be shared for private collections according to individual user access rights.

1. TCIA Software Improvements
January 8, 2017

2. Many Improvements in Versions 6.5 and 6.5.1 for
Including Reliability and Performance
Make Downloader Installation Files Paths/Names Configurable
Create Linux Installers for TCIA Downloader
Make manifest creation for Download Manager available via API
Improve TCIA Downloader by Providing a Default Download Directory
getSOPInsyanceUIDSs rest service times out when there is a large packet in the response
Creation of Manifest File from QC Tool
Manage Data Basket: When adding a large collection to the data basket, session time out when navigating to Manage Data Basket page
Ability to link to and/or access information per subject
Online help for User Authorization Tool needs to open up on a separate browser tabwindow.
Check multiple LDAP servers for login and grouping
NLST Upgrade
Standalone Download Manager
UAT Groups
API Gateway
(API) Rest call to get "Manufacturer Model" with nested/tree values.
Include all capabilities of Bindaas API in NBIA API
(API) Rest call to get criteria counts
(API) Retrieving criteria values
(API) Additional data returned from simple search
Fixes to Registration Page
Error when adding two large collections (Shopping Cart Fix)
Add capability to set PWM link during installation or after installation without the need to edit internal war file properties.
Need to Merge the Changes Made in vo42 Branch
Duplicate SeriesInstanceUIDs within a shared list breaks the entire shared list
improve download manager directory naming

3. Major Upgrade - TCIA Now Has an Installable
Downloader App

4. Installers for Windows, Mac and Linux

5. Clicking Start Download Returns Manifest File

6. Installer Associates the Manifest MIME Type with
Downloader App So it Starts Automatically with
Browsers Default Action on Opening

7. • Clicking “Start Download returns a manifest file with a
.tcia extension that can be stored based on the
browsers configuration
• Can be reused by the user for both public and private
collections
• Currently can be shared for public collections
Manifest Files can be Reused and are Shareable for
Public Collections

8. Manifest Files Ends Up in Your Browser’s Default
Downloads Folder in Chrome

9. For Other Browsers You May Select to Save the File

10. • 6.5.2 improvements will include sharing private
collection according to each user’s access rights
– The individual you are sharing the file with needs to have
access to the collection under their user account
– Downloader App will indicate any series that the user
does not have access to.
• 6.5.2 to be released in February
Manifest Files to be Shareable for Private Collections
in 6.5.2

11. Downloader App Upgrades for New Versions
• Current version will need a manual upgrade for 6.5.2
• Future versions will automatically detect the need for
an upgrade.