European Journal of Radiology
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 286-289, September 2004

Patient data security in the DICOM standard

Department of Medical Computer Science, University of Applied Sciences Germany, Emil-Figge-Str. 42, 44227 Dortmund, Germany

Received 20 May 2003; received in revised form 25 July 2003; accepted 4 August 2003.

Abstract 

The DICOM committee added the section “Security Profiles” to the DICOM standard, in order to provide the opportunity of safe communication between health care system partners. Data complying with the DICOM standard—e.g. pictures, signals or reports of examinations can be provided with one or more digital signatures. Attention should be paid to the fact that these possibilities of the DICOM standard are available or can be supplied subsequently by new acquisitions of radiological modalities. The required information to check these prerequisites are given.

Keywords:  DICOM, Cryptography, Telecommunication

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PII: S0720-048X(03)00234-1

doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2003.08.001

European Journal of Radiology
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 286-289, September 2004

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