Securing the communication of medical information using local biometric authentication and commercial wireless links

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 211-223

  Ivanov, Vladimir I ^a   Yu, Paul L ^b   Baras, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

authentication; biometrics; communication; cryptography; physical layer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SECURITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION; COMPUTER SECURITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77957557705     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458210377482     Document Type: Conference Paper

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