title: Open-source software for radiologists: a primer.
abstract: There is a wide variety of free (open-source) software available via the Internet which may be of interest to radiologists. This article will explore the use of open-source software in radiology to help streamline academic workflow and improve general efficiency and effectiveness by highlighting a number of the most useful applications currently available. These include really simple syndication applications, e-mail management, spreadsheet, word processing, database and presentation packages, as well as image and video editing software. How to incorporate this software into radiological practice will also be discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, St James's University Hospital, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK. andrew.scarsbrook@leedsth.nhs.uk
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Scarsbrook
mesh_terms: D003196:Computer Graphics; D034742:Electronic Mail; D019146:Hypermedia; D020407:Internet; D011871:Radiology / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D015443:Word Processing