With Recent And Rapid Advancements In Communication Technologies, Digital Signals Can Be Transmitted Over The Internet With Convenience. These Advancements Have Brought Many Advantages But At The Same Time There Are Several Hazards And Risks That Need To Be Considered As Well. Technologies Such As Telemedicine Are Emerging Day By Day And Ensuring Medical Data Security Is Becoming A Challenge. Recently, Capturing Medical Data Has Appeared As A Major Cybercrime. If Such Sensitive Data Is Stolen Or Captured, Then It Can Result In Violation Of Basic Patient Rights. Confidentiality In Medical Reports Must Be Kept Intact In Order To Ensure Trust Among Patients And Health Care Institutions. —Recently, Image Steganography Is Being Considered As An Alternative Method For Securing Medical Data To Avoid Medical Related Cybercrimes. This Paper Proposes A New Image Steganography Approach For Securing Medical Data. Swapped Huffman Tree Coding Is Used To Apply Lossless Compression And Manifold Encryption To The Payload Before Embedding Into The Cover Image. Additionally, Only Edge Regions Of The Cover Image Are Used To Embed The Secret Data Which Offers High Imperceptibility.
