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Medical Imaging and its Security in Telemedicine Applications

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This chapter presents the basic background of a medical imaging and its types. The requirements of security of medical images along with various types of data hiding techniques and the motivation are given in this chapter.

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  1. C. U. Shah University, Wadhwan City, Gujarat, India

    Rohit Thanki

  2. Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, K.S. Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    Surekha Borra

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Thanki, R., Borra, S. (2019). Introduction. In: Medical Imaging and its Security in Telemedicine Applications. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93311-5_1

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