DocumentCode
398578
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
Volume
1
fYear
2003
fDate
14-17 Sept. 2003
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Image Processing, 2003. ICIP 2003. Proceedings. 2003 International Conference on
ISSN
1522-4880
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7750-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICIP.2003.1247005
Filename
1247005
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