Helpful Tools

Here are some of the tools I use that make the job easier:

DicomWorks
Created by Philippe Puech and Loic Boussel. This is perhaps the most useful tool I've seen. DicomWorks is a DICOM image viewing tool but that may be the least of its virtues. The best part of this tool (for me) is the excellent DICOM Tags viewer where you can alter tags at will. This tool has been very handy in saving exams when the technologists have forgotten to add any patient identification data.

Merge eFilm Workstation
Merge produces a number of software products but eFilm Workstation and eFilm Lite (for CD Viewing) are excellent tools. These tools are not free but well worth the investment.

There are many more DICOM tools available but DicomWorks and eFilm are the two I use the most. The rest of the tools I use are substantially anti-spyware.

Ad-Aware
Ad-Aware Free from Lavasoftusa.com is a marvelous tool for removing spyware from your PC.

Spybot Search & Destroy
Spybot will find few more spyware products than Ad-Aware but Spybot will "immunize" your PC from new spyware by inserting keys into your registry making spyware think it is already installed.

AVG Free Anti-Spyware
The scan time for this product is rather lengthy but it is a marvelous anti-spyware tool.

Ad-Aware and Spybot can be downloaded at Download.com and AVG can be downloaded at Grisoft.com. AVG also has a free antivirus and other products.