Title: Digital watermarking in medical imaging: a review

Authors: Hana Ouazzane; Hela Mahersia; Kamel Hamrouni

Addresses: Université de Tunis El Manar, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis, LR-SITI: Signal, Image et Technologies de l'Information, Rue Béchir Salem Belkhiria Campus Universitaire, BP 37, Le Bélvédère, 1002, Tunis, Tunisia ' Université de Tunis El Manar, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis, LR-SITI: Signal, Image et Technologies de l'Information, Rue Béchir Salem Belkhiria Campus Universitaire, BP 37, Le Bélvédère, 1002, Tunis, Tunisia ' Université de Tunis El Manar, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis, LR-SITI: Signal, Image et Technologies de l'Information, Rue Béchir Salem Belkhiria Campus Universitaire, BP 37, Le Bélvédère, 1002, Tunis, Tunisia

Abstract: This paper presents considerations on the digital watermarking potential to fit within the medical imaging field. We aim to identify watermarking applications and main strategies within different approaches through previous works. An analysis and evaluation of previous literature quality is also established. We conclude that digital watermarking has considerable purposes in the medical imaging field, it joins and complements existing security measures and management tools for medical images.

Keywords: digital watermarking; fragile/semi-fragile watermarking; robust watermarking; lossless watermarking; medical imaging; content security; e-health; medical information systems; MISs.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMEI.2019.104962

International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics, 2019 Vol.11 No.4, pp.330 - 356

Received: 29 May 2017
Accepted: 01 Dec 2017
Published online: 10 Feb 2020 *

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