A new encryption technique for the secured transmission and storage of text information with medical images

Authors

  • Prashant Vaidyanathan
  • Nitish Malhotra
  • Jagadish Nayak

Abstract

Modern day hospital management systems rely heavily on electronic data processing to maintain patient records. These electronic medical records (EMRs) must be maintained in an unaltered form by the creator. The need for a secure data handling method for the transmission and storage of text and digital media, comprising patient’s diagnostic history, imaging, scans, etc., is indispensible. This paper presents a novel method of text encryption by means of symmetric key encryption technique, using variable length key derived from the encrypted text itself.

Author Biographies

Prashant Vaidyanathan

BITS Pilani Dubai Campus, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Nitish Malhotra

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Jagadish Nayak

ECE Department, BITS Pilani Dubai Campus, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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Published

2012-03-19