A lossless encryption method for medical images using edge maps

Author

Zhou, Yicong ; Panetta, Karen ; Agaian, Sos

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Tufts Univ., Medford, MA, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

3-6 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

3707

Lastpage

3710

Abstract

Image encryption is an effective approach for providing security and privacy protection for medical images. This paper introduces a new lossless approach, called EdgeCrypt, to encrypt medical images using the information contained within an edge map. The algorithm can fully protect the selected objects/regions within medical images or the entire medical images. It can also encrypt other types of images such as grayscale images or color images. The algorithm can be used for privacy protection in the real-time medical applications such as wireless medical networking and mobile medical services.

Keywords

cryptography; medical image processing; EdgeCrypt; data privacy; data security; edge maps; image encryption; lossless encryption; medical images; mobile medical services; wireless medical networking; Algorithms; Automation; Computer Graphics; Computer Security; Computers; Diagnostic Imaging; Equipment Design; Humans; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Information Storage and Retrieval; Medical Informatics; Time Factors; User-Computer Interface;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2009. EMBC 2009. Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3296-7

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334799

Filename

5334799