Crypto-based algorithms for secured medical image transmission

Ali Al-Haj; Gheith Abandah; Noor Hussein

Crypto-based algorithms for secured medical image transmission

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Author(s): Ali Al-Haj ¹ ; Gheith Abandah ² ; Noor Hussein ³
- Affiliations: 1: Computer Engineering, Princess Sumaya University, Amman 11941, Jordan ;
  2: Computer Engineering, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan ;
  3: Computer Engineering, Balqa Applied University, Salt, Jordan
Source: Volume 9, Issue 6, November 2015, p. 365 – 373
DOI: 10.1049/iet-ifs.2014.0245 , Print ISSN 1751-8709, Online ISSN 1751-8717

Received 15/05/2014, Accepted 11/03/2015, Revised 02/02/2015, Published 05/05/2015

Booming telemedicine applications makes it deemed necessary to provide security services for such applications. The algorithms proposed in this field can be grouped into three classes: watermarking-based algorithms, crypto-based algorithms and hybrid algorithms. In this study, the authors propose two crypto-based algorithms capable of providing confidentiality, authenticity and integrity services to medical images exchanged in telemedicine applications. Strong cryptographic functions with internally generated symmetric keys and hash codes are used. The advanced encryption standard-Galois counter mode is used with the whirlpool hash function to provide confidentiality and authenticity, and the elliptic curve digital signature algorithm is used to provide authenticity and integrity. The proposed algorithms are based on the digital imaging and communication in medicine (DICOM) standard; however, unlike the standard, the algorithms provide confidentiality, authenticity and integrity for the header data, as well as for the pixel data of the DICOM images. Effectiveness of the proposed algorithms is evaluated and demonstrated through extensive experimentation using a benchmark set of DICOM images.

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