GIFT-Cloud is a secure data storage and collaboration platform for medical imaging research.
GiftCloudUploader is a Java Web Start application used to anonymise and upload data to a GIFT-Cloud Server.
GiftCloudUploader can be run as a standalone application on any computer. It can be used to upload data directly, and it can act as a Gateway Server. A Gateway server can receive data pushed from a Dicom device and automatically anonymise and upload the data to a GIFT-Cloud server, making it suitable for integrating a PACS with a GIFT-Cloud research server.
Authors: Tom Doel and Dzhoshkun Shakir, Translational Imaging Group, Centre for Medical Image Computing, University College London (UCL). GIFT-Cloud was developed as part of the GIFT-Surg project.
GIFT-Cloud Server extends the XNAT system developed by Harvard University / Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) / Washington University.
- GIFT-Cloud and XNAT are not certified for clinical use.
If you use this software, please cite this paper: Tom Doel et al., GIFT-Cloud: A data sharing and collaboration platform for medical imaging research. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Volume 139, February 2017, Pages 181–190.
- GitHub mirror.
- XNAT
- XNAT 1.6 documentation
- XNAT 1.6 installation instructions
- XNAT 1.6 prerequisites
- XNAT working with modules
- XNAT discussion group
Copyright (c) 2014-2016, University College London.
GIFT-Cloud is available as free open-source software under a BSD 3-Clause License.
Parts of GIFT-Cloud derive from XNAT
- XNAT (Harvard University / Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) / Washington University) uses the BSD 2-Clause License
Parts of GIFT-Cloud derive from DicomCleaner
- DicomCleaner (Copyright (c) 2001-2014, David A. Clunie DBA PixelMed Publishing.) uses the BSD 3-Clause License
GIFT-Cloud Uploader connects to a GIFT-Cloud Server, or XNAT server running XNAT 1.6 or later. Please see XNAT 1.6 prerequisites.
GIFT-Cloud Uploader can be installed on Linux, macOS or Windows.
GIFT-Cloud Uploader requires:
- Oracle Java SDK 1.7 or later
- Maven
- GIFT-Cloud Uploader can only be compiled using Maven
- If you wish to customise and compile GIFT-Cloud Uploader, you will need to create a code signing key to sign the application (Java Web Start cannot run unsigned applications)
If you experience issues installing or operating the GIFT-Cloud Server, please consult the XNAT documentation
- Check the XNAT documentation;
- Search the XNAT discussion group as your issue will often have been reported by someone else;
- If you can't find a solution, post a new message in the XNAT discussion group and explain that you are installing a customised version of XNAT 1.6.
If you specifically have an issue with GIFT-Cloud Uploader
- Please check you have the correct version of Java installed
- Please check your firewall is configured to allow connection to your GIFT-Cloud Server
GIFT-Cloud is part of GIFT-Surg. GIFT-Surg is supported through:
- Innovative Engineering for Health award by the Wellcome Trust (WT101957)
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (NS/A000027/1)
- National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre UCLH/UCL High Impact Initiative.
GIFT-Cloud incorporates code from XNAT. Please see the file XNAT_license.txt for copyright and licensing information relating to original XNAT code. GIFT-Cloud Uploader incorporates code from DicomCleaner. Please see the file DicomCleaner_license.txt for copyright and licensing information relating to original DicomCleaner code.
The code modifications and new code developed at UCL are covered by the following copyright and licensing information:
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Acknowledgements
XNAT is developed by Randy Buckner at Harvard University and the Neuroinformatics Research Group at Washington University School of Medicine with contributions from developers around the world. We request that you acknowledge the support of XNAT in publications that utilize the software such as by "This product includes XNAT, developed by Randy Buckner at Harvard University and the Neuroinformatics Research Group at Washington University School of Medicine" and/or by citing:
Marcus, D.S., Olsen T., Ramaratnam M., and Buckner, R.L. (2007) The Extensible Neuroimaging Archive Toolkit (XNAT): An informatics platform for managing, exploring, and sharing neuroimaging data. Neuroinformatics 5(1): 11-34.
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