An Adaptive Biomedical Data Managing Scheme Based on the Blockchain Technique

Applied Sciences

QaisAhmed Habash¹  AhmedFaeq Hussein¹  AbbasK. ALZubaidi²  MustafaMusa Jaber³ 

[1] Biomedical Engineering Department, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad 10072, Iraq;Biomedical Engineering Division, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan S7N 5A2, Canada;Department of Computer Science, Dijlah University College, Baghdad 10072, Iraq;

关键词: blockchain;    biomedical data managing;    DWT;    keyword search;    data sharing;   

DOI  :  10.3390/app9122494

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

A crucial role is played by personal biomedical data when it comes to maintaining proficient access to health records by patients as well as health professionals. However, it is difficult to get a unified view pertaining to health data that have been scattered across various health centers/hospital sections. To be specific, health records are distributed across many places and cannot be integrated easily. In recent years, blockchain has arisen as a promising solution that helps to achieve the sharing of individual biomedical information in a secure way, whilst also having the benefit of privacy preservation because of its immutability. This research puts forward a blockchain-based managing scheme that helps to establish interpretation improvements pertaining to electronic biomedical systems. In this scheme, two blockchains were employed to construct the base, whereby the second blockchain algorithm was used to generate a secure sequence for the hash key that was generated in first blockchain algorithm. This adaptive feature enables the algorithm to use multiple data types and also combines various biomedical images and text records. All data, including keywords, digital records, and the identity of patients, are private key encrypted with a keyword searching function so as to maintain data privacy, access control, and a protected search function. The obtained results, which show a low latency (less than 750 ms) at 400 requests/second, indicate the possibility of its use within several health care units such as hospitals and clinics.

【 授权许可】

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