Mixed Reversible and RONI Watermarking for Medical Image Reliability Protection

Author

Coatrieux, G. ; Montagner, J. ; Huang, H. ; Roux, C.

Author_Institution

INSERM U650, Brest

fYear

2007

fDate

22-26 Aug. 2007

Firstpage

5653

Lastpage

5656

Abstract

By attaching image authenticity and integrity proofs directly at the pixels level of an image, watermarking can help to raise up medical image protection. However, because of the induced distortions, specific schemes like lossless data hiding or watermarking regions of non interest (RONI) have been proposed to guarantee the preservation of the image interpretation. In this article, we propose an image reliability protection mechanism which combines advantages of both lossless and RONI approaches in order to provide a better and continuous protection. The proposed system was applied to magnetic resonance images of the head. Experimental results illustrate the overall functionality of the system.

Keywords

biomedical MRI; data integrity; medical image processing; security of data; watermarking; RONI watermarking; image authenticity; image interpretation; integrity proofs; lossless data hiding; magnetic resonance images; medical image reliability protection; mixed reversible watermarking; Biomedical imaging; Data encapsulation; Image retrieval; Magnetic heads; Magnetic resonance; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pixel; Protection; Robustness; Watermarking; Algorithms; Computer Security; Documentation; France; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; Information Storage and Retrieval; Medical Records Systems, Computerized; Product Labeling; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Lyon

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0787-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353629

Filename

4353629