A novel DICOM image encryption with JSMP map

Abstract

Recent times have seen a massive rise in the transmission and storage of DICOM images. This work proposes a cryptosystem with the sturdy JSMP map, for the pixel data of the DICOM file. The proposed system is designed to work in the bit plane level for high resilience. To achieve an effective cryptosystem, the number of bit planes generated depends on the bits stored attribute and not on the conventional method of bits allocated of each pixel. Only the MSB bit planes that contribute more to the details of the image are shuffled with the JSMP chaotic keys. Then the shuffled image is reconstructed by combining all the MSB and LSB bit planes. Finally, a robust cipher image is generated by diffusing the reconstructed image with a random image generated with JSMP map. The novelty and uniqueness of the system lie in its capability of encrypting DICOM images with any pixel depth. The distinctive feature of this system is the unique key generation algorithm and the variable number of keys, which contributes to high sensitivity and entropy. Performance measures of the encrypted image illustrate the robustness of the cryptosystem in the health information system.