| Reinforcement of Medical Image Security Through Steganography and Encryption Techniques |
| Paper ID : 1079-ICEEM2023 (R1) |
| Authors: |
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Fatma Khallaf *1, Walid El-Shafai2, El- Sayed M. El- Rabaie3, Prof. Fathi Sayed3 1Department of Electronics and Electrical Communications Engineering, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Menoufa University, Menouf 32952, Egypt. 2Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Menoufia University, Menouf 32952, Egypt. Security Engineering Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh 11586, Saudi Arabia 3Department of Electronics and Electrical Communications Engineering, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Menoufa University, Menouf 32952, Egypt |
| Abstract: |
| Patients' data is stored in an Electronic Health Record (EHR) to ensure the confidentiality of sensitive information. However, the insecure network of hospitals and clinics puts patient information at risk. To address this ethical issue, secure communication is crucial. The Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standard governs the transmission of EHRs to maintain data integrity and confidentiality. This paper combines cryptography and steganography techniques to transmit medical information and images across hospital networks securely. This works encrypts the patient's data using DNA-based Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), hides the information within an image using Least Significant Bit (LSB) embedding, compresses the stego image using Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT), and reverses the process at the receiver's end. Simulation evaluation demonstrates that these combined encryption and steganography techniques outperform existing methods. |
| Keywords: |
| Steganography, cryptography, secure data transmission, DNA, AES, telemedicine, HER, compression |
| Status : Paper Accepted |
