Information hiding in medical images: a robust medical image watermarking system for E-healthcare

• Published in: Multimedia tools and applications Vol. 76; no. 8; pp. 10599 - 10633
• Main Authors: Parah, Shabir A., Sheikh, Javaid A., Ahad, Farhana, Loan, Nazir A., Bhat, G. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.04.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Algorithms; Computer Communication Networks; Computer Science; Cybersecurity; Data Structures and Information Theory; Digital imaging; Digital watermarking; Digital watermarks; Discrete cosine transform; Embedding; Health care; Image transmission; Medical electronics; Medical imaging; Multimedia Information Systems; Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems; Robustness; Region of interest; Region of non interest; Discrete cosine transform

Electronic transmission of the medical images is one of the primary requirements in a typical Electronic-Healthcare (E-Healthcare) system. However this transmission could be liable to hackers who may modify the whole medical image or only a part of it during transit. To guarantee the integrity of a...