A lossless encryption method for medical images using edge maps

Yicong Zhou; Karen Panetta; Sos Agaian

doi:10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334799

A lossless encryption method for medical images using edge maps

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2009:2009:3707-10. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334799.

Authors

Yicong Zhou¹, Karen Panetta, Sos Agaian

Affiliation

¹ Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA. yzhou0a@ece.tufts.edu

PMID: 19965008
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334799

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.

MeSH terms

Algorithms
Automation
Computer Graphics*
Computer Security
Computers
Diagnostic Imaging / methods*
Equipment Design
Humans
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Information Storage and Retrieval
Medical Informatics / methods
Time Factors
User-Computer Interface