Title :
Segmentation and reversible watermarking of peripheral blood smear images
Author :
Sheeba, Feminna ; Hannah, Mary Thomas T ; Mammen, Joy John
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Madras Christian Coll., Chennai, India
Abstract :
This paper proposes an automated method for the segmentation of peripheral blood smear images, depicting the differential count of white blood cells. It also proposes a reversible fragile watermarking technique, in which the watermark-related information is embedded in the Region of Non-Interest (RONI) of the image. Image authenticity and integrity, is maintained by embedding the Input message along with the Hash Message Authentication Codes (HMAC) of the image and the message itself.
Keywords :
cryptography; image coding; image segmentation; medical image processing; watermarking; hash message authentication codes; image authenticity; image integrity; image segmentation; peripheral blood smear images; region of non-interest; reversible fragile watermarking technique; white blood cells; Authentication; Biomedical imaging; Book reviews; Image segmentation; Materials; Pixel; Watermarking; fragile watermarking; image authentication; image restoration; segmentation;
Conference_Titel :
Bio-Inspired Computing: Theories and Applications (BIC-TA), 2010 IEEE Fifth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Changsha
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6437-1
DOI :
10.1109/BICTA.2010.5645065
