Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2009. EMBC 2009. Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3296-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334799
