RETRACTED ARTICLE: A secure medical image transmission algorithm based on binary bits and Arnold map

Abstract

The responsibility of maintaining patient’s records is with medical personnel. The medical personnel are supposed not to disclose any kind of medical information related to the patient. This is also applicable for the medical information discovered by medical personnel in connection with the treatment of the patient. With the advent of technology and its penetration into the medical field in the form of telemedicine and e-health, the challenge of maintaining confidentiality is becoming complex. The confidentiality needs to be protected from storage of medical image or transmission of image from a medical database center to other. Nowadays, the information of patient is printed in the corner of the medical image. This can be accessed by anybody or even the machine can access and store the information. During an electronic transmission, the patient information may be intercepted by a third party. This may lead to big lawsuit. Apart from these security issues, for scenarios such as medical research, the image should be used but patient information should be hidden. Also for diagnostic purposes, the information of the patient should be readily accessible to the medical personnel. These constraints lead to the necessity of suitable security techniques for medical image storage and transmission. If suitable security techniques are not applied, privacy of patients will be stake. Hence, numerous methods are being implemented by individuals, governments and businesses for secured transmission of patient’s data. For patient’s privacy protection, secured transmission requires techniques like cryptography and watermarking. These techniques achieve confidentiality and integrity. In this work, a new approach has been developed for secured transmission of medical images.