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A Blockchain-Based Scheme for Secure Sharing of X-Ray Medical Images

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Security with Intelligent Computing and Big-data Services (SICBS 2018)

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ((AISC,volume 895))

Abstract

This paper proposes a secure sharing and trading scheme of X-Ray medical image data based on block chain, as it can be used for further scientific research processing. The specific representation includes the following steps: i. The original X-Ray data of medical instruments are transmitted to the cloud platform through the MQTT protocol; ii. The patient information (name, medical card number, etc.) of the image data is encrypted by hashing algorithm to protect privacy; iii. Applying a watermark to the image data; iv. Generating blocks through the consensus mechanism of block chain. The scheme proposed in this paper overcomes the security challenges faced by the traditional cloud-based image data management solution: user privacy disclosure, illegal tampering, and the risk of data being stolen and sold, and realizes a secure transaction system connecting users with data needs, which makes the huge image data on clinical medicine have higher scientific research value.

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    Bingqi Liu, Mingzhe Liu, Xin Jiang & Feixiang Zhao

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Liu, B., Liu, M., Jiang, X., Zhao, F., Wang, R. (2020). A Blockchain-Based Scheme for Secure Sharing of X-Ray Medical Images. In: Yang, CN., Peng, SL., Jain, L. (eds) Security with Intelligent Computing and Big-data Services. SICBS 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 895. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16946-6_3

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