Secure the image-based simulated telesurgery system

Securing telemedicine services is essentially a critical and urgent topic. However, in many existing telemedicine systems security related issues are seldom seriously considered. In this paper, we introduce an image-based simulated system for kyphoplasty telesurgery, wherein special attentions are drawn to address the security problems. Among others, various security requirements of the system are formalised, and solutions to meet these requirements are presented. Consequently, we implement the system to work in a secure way. In fact, our methods can be applied to a class of similar telemedicine services. To implement this system, we take efficiency as our premier consideration. Keyword: Simulated System; Telemedicine; Telesurgery; Kyphoplasty; Digital Signature; Authentication, Hash Function; Image Hashing Function; Symmetric Cipher; Public-key Cryptosystem.