How to make the background of this image transparent?

Question

So, i am usually pretty good with Paint Shop Pro. But i have ran into a problem with this one image! It seems impossible to make the plain white background transparent! I usually will just use the magic wand tool, then the background eraser. But it seems like i have spent hours trying to trace it. So can anyone tell me an easier way to achieve a transparent background? I'll include the image, just for reference.

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/4796/crossay2.png

Answer 1

I know what you mean.  Tubing an image is hard.  That's why I leave it to the tubing experts lol

But I did have a go at tubing this image....don't laugh =D

Here it is, then you just right click and save it. If you think it's good enough lol

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/9879/...

I used the background eraser for the outside then with all the little bits inside I used the freehand selection tool.