# \#bigquery

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## [Sampling IDC images by image orientation or inconsistent geometry](https://discourse.canceridc.dev/t/sampling-idc-images-by-image-orientation-or-inconsistent-geometry/770)

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**Author:** [@fedorov](https://discourse.canceridc.dev/u/fedorov)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2026, 10:54pm UTC](https://discourse.canceridc.dev/t/sampling-idc-images-by-image-orientation-or-inconsistent-geometry/770 "2026-01-13T22:54:54Z")

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it would be useful if you could provide a few test series with non-axial slice orientations. Have you encountered \[…\] images with variable slice spacing or non-parallel slices? TL;DR: Yes, it is relatively easy to add…

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## [How to download whole slide microscopy images from IDC](https://discourse.canceridc.dev/t/how-to-download-whole-slide-microscopy-images-from-idc/461)

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**Author:** [@fedorov](https://discourse.canceridc.dev/u/fedorov)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://discourse.canceridc.dev/t/how-to-download-whole-slide-microscopy-images-from-idc/461 "2023-08-08T17:04:38Z")

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Recently, one of the IDC users had a question about how to download whole slide images (needless to say, stored as DICOM Slide Microscopy objects) from IDC for the specific collections. Since this is a question of genera…

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## [\[RESOLVED\] March 1, 2023: IDC BigQuery \`idc\_current\` dataset is not accessible](https://discourse.canceridc.dev/t/resolved-march-1-2023-idc-bigquery-idc-current-dataset-is-not-accessible/408)

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**Author:** [@fedorov](https://discourse.canceridc.dev/u/fedorov)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://discourse.canceridc.dev/t/resolved-march-1-2023-idc-bigquery-idc-current-dataset-is-not-accessible/408 "2023-03-01T20:20:44Z")

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We are aware of an issue that prevents users from being able to execute queries against bigquery-public-data.idc\_current. Such queries will lead to the following error in the BigQuery console. We are working closely …

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## [Understanding what images are available for a given patient via BigQuery API](https://discourse.canceridc.dev/t/understanding-what-images-are-available-for-a-given-patient-via-bigquery-api/351)

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**Author:** [@fedorov](https://discourse.canceridc.dev/u/fedorov)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://discourse.canceridc.dev/t/understanding-what-images-are-available-for-a-given-patient-via-bigquery-api/351 "2022-12-16T23:39:58Z")

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We had the following inquiry outside of the forum asking for help navigating certain aspects of IDC data. I thought the response could be of interest to the broader IDC user community. “For a given patient, what images…

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## [Question: IDC API Vs Big Query](https://discourse.canceridc.dev/t/question-idc-api-vs-big-query/363)

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**Author:** [@nss10](https://discourse.canceridc.dev/u/nss10)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://discourse.canceridc.dev/t/question-idc-api-vs-big-query/363 "2022-12-05T21:18:07Z")

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Hi, I’m a developer building Biomedical Research Hub Data Commons. I was looking into a way to fetch data related to IDC studies, in such a way that, the information available in BRH will always be up to date with respe…