Secure communication of medical information using mobile agents

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3839-3850

  Nikooghadam, Morteza ^a   Zakerolhosseini, Ali ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Elliptic curve cryptosystem; Man in the middle attack; Medical information security; Mobile agent

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYPTOSYSTEM; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICINE; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SECURITY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS;

EID: 84867860941     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-012-9857-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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