Survey on Digital Watermarking on Medical Images

The rapid growth in information and communication technologies has advances the medical data management systems immensely. In this regard, many different techniques and also the advanced equipment like Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Scanner, Computer Tomography (CT) scanner, Positron Emission of Tomography (PET), mammography, ultrasound, radiography etc. are used. Nowadays there is a rise of various diseases, for which several diagnoses are insufficient; therefore to achieve a correct diagnostic, there is need to exchange the data over Internet, but the main problem is while exchanging the data over Internet, we need to maintain their authenticity, integrity and confidentiality. Therefore, we need a system for effective storage, transmission, controlled manipulation and access of medical data keeping its authenticity, integrity and confidentiality. In this article, we discuss various water marking techniques used for effective storage, transmission, controlled manipulation and access of medical data keeping its authenticity, integrity and confidentiality.