Title :
Watermarking of digital mammograms without interfering with automatic detection of microcalcifications
Author :
Engan, Kjersti ; Gulsrud, Thor Ole ; Josefsen, Kai Ruben
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Stavanger Univ. Coll., Norway
Abstract :
In this paper we show that it is possible to watermark digital mammograms with patient information without interfering significantly with an existing method for automatic detection of microcalcifications. The paper discuss which type of information that should be embedded in digital medical data, i.e. what the digital watermark should consists of. Robustness requirements relevant for this watermarking application are discussed and taken into account.
Keywords :
data encapsulation; image coding; mammography; medical image processing; watermarking; digital mammograms; digital medical data; microcalcifications; patient information; watermarking; Biomedical imaging; Breast cancer; Data security; Educational institutions; Hospitals; Information security; Medical diagnostic imaging; Robustness; Watermarking; X-ray imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Image Processing, 2003. ICIP 2003. Proceedings. 2003 International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7750-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICIP.2003.1247005
