Improving Quality of Watermarked Medical Images Using Symmetric Dilated Convolution Neural Networks

• Autorzy: Pulgam Namita D. , Shinde Subhash K.

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DOI

10.26636/jtit.2023.169223

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Rapid development of online medical technologies raises questions about the security of the patient’s medical data.When patient records are encrypted and labeled with a watermark, they may be exchanged securely online. In order to avoid geometrical attacks aiming to steal the information, image quality must be maintained and patient data must be appropriately extracted from the encoded image. To ensure that watermarked images are more resistant to attacks (e.g. additive noise or geometric attacks), different watermarking methods have been invented in the past. Additive noise causes visual distortion and render the potentially harmful diseases more difficult to diagnose and analyze. Consequently, denoising is an important pre-processing method for obtaining superior outcomes in terms of clarity and noise reduction and allows to improve the quality of damaged medical images. Therefore, various publications have been studied to understand the denoising methods used to improve image quality. The findings indicate that deep learning and neural networks have recently contributed considerably to the advancement of image processing techniques. Consequently, a system has been created that makes use of machine learning to enhance the quality of damaged images and to facilitate the process of identifying specific diseases. Images, damaged in the course of an assault, are denoised using the suggested technique relying on a symmetric dilated convolution neural network. This improves the system’s resilience and establishes a secure environment for the exchange of data while maintaining secrecy.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

data security; denoising; digital watermarking; image processing; medical imaging

• Wydawca: Instytut Łączności - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
• Czasopismo: Journal of Telecommunications and Information Technology
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: nr 2
• Strony: 46--52
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 21 poz., rys., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Pulgam Namita D.

• Department of Computer Engineering, Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology, D Y Patil Deemed to be University, Navi Mumbai, India

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7725-0997

autor

Shinde Subhash K.

• Department of Computer Engineering, Lokmanya Tilak College of Engineering, Navi Mumbai, India

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6709-3083

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2024).