Patient data security in the DICOM standard

B Schütze; M Kroll; T Geisbe; T J Filler

doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2003.08.001

Patient data security in the DICOM standard

Eur J Radiol. 2004 Sep;51(3):286-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2003.08.001.

Authors

B Schütze¹, M Kroll, T Geisbe, T J Filler

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medical Computer Science, University of Applied Sciences Germany, Emil-Figge-Str. 42, 44227 Dortmund. schuetze@medizin-informatik.org

PMID: 15294339
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2003.08.001

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.

MeSH terms

Algorithms
Computer Communication Networks / standards
Computer Security* / classification
Computer Security* / standards
Humans
Information Storage and Retrieval / classification
Information Storage and Retrieval / standards
Medical Records Systems, Computerized*
Radiology Information Systems*
Software