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Secure IoT-Based Nuclear Medicine Supply Chain Using Blockchain

Year: 2026

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Nuclear medicine logistics suffer the main issue of a short half-life of the radiopharmaceuticals with the strict environmental requirements and continuous monitoring requirements which make the transportation not only dependable but also timely. In this context, a blockchain-enabled setup is proposed in this paper which integrates Internet of Things (IoT) sensing, Ethereum smart contracts, and immutable blockchain records for nuclear medicine supply chain management. This system checks the temperature and radioactive activity and makes sure that the shipment conditions are validated automatically against the preset thresholds during the complete shipment lifecycle. A proof-of-concept model was tested using the simulated IoT shipment data. The outcomes showed that the classification of shipment conditions was done automatically, the validated updates were recorded immutably, and the traceability of the shipment lifecycle was continuous. The suggested setup is a secure and transparent way of handling nuclear medicine logistics and it also shows that combining IoT monitoring with blockchain-based validation is possible.

Source: IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing, VLSI, Electrical Circuits and Robotics (DISCOVER)

DOI: 10.1109/discover70666.2026.11766328

Authors: Amogh B Googal, Dhanush G S, Dhyan P, Rithik A, Mala B A, Bharath M B

Institution: Dayananda Sagar University

Language: English

Topic: Blockchain Technology Applications and Security

Subfield: Information Systems

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W7225875918

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