Protecting patient privacy against unauthorized release of medical images in a group communication environment

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 367-383

  Li, Mingyan ^a   Poovendran, Radha ^a   Narayanan, Sreeram ^b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DICOM; Fingerprinting; HIPAA; Medical image security; Multicast; Privacy protection; Watermarking

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; HEALTH; IMAGE PROCESSING; PATIENT TREATMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING;

FINGERPRINTS; HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT (HIPAA); MEDICAL RECORDS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH INSURANCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MODEL; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; STORAGE;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PRIVACY; SECURITY MEASURES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 19744378027     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2005.02.003     Document Type: Article

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