The authenticity and integrity of healthcare is the primary objective.Numerous reversible watermarking schemes have been developed to improve the primary objective but increasing the quantity of embedding data leads t...The authenticity and integrity of healthcare is the primary objective.Numerous reversible watermarking schemes have been developed to improve the primary objective but increasing the quantity of embedding data leads to covering image distortion and visual quality resulting in data security detection.A trade-off between robustness,imperceptibility,and embedded capacity is difficult to achieve with current algorithms due to limitations in their ability.Keeping this purpose insight,an improved reversibility watermarking methodology is proposed to maximize data embedding capacity and imperceptibility while maintaining data security as a primary concern.A key is generated by a random path with minimum bit flipping is selected in the 4 × 4 block to gain access to the data embedding patterns.The random path's complex structure ensures data security.Data of various sizes(8 KB,16 KB,32 KB)are used to analyze image imperceptibility and evaluate quality factors.The proposed reversible watermarking methodology performance is tested under standard structures PSNR,SSIM,and MSE.The results revealed that the MRI watermarked images are imperceptible,like the cover image when LSB is 3 bits plane.Our proposed reversible watermarking methodology outperforms other related techniques in terms of average PSNR(49.29).Experiment results show that the suggested reversible watermarking method improves data embedding capacity and imperceptibility compared to existing state-of-the-art approaches.展开更多
A novel local binary pattern-based reversible data hiding(LBP-RDH)technique has been suggested to maintain a fair symmetry between the perceptual transparency and hiding capacity.During embedding,the image is divided ...A novel local binary pattern-based reversible data hiding(LBP-RDH)technique has been suggested to maintain a fair symmetry between the perceptual transparency and hiding capacity.During embedding,the image is divided into various 3×3 blocks.Then,using the LBP-based image descriptor,the LBP codes for each block are computed.Next,the obtained LBP codes are XORed with the embedding bits and are concealed in the respective blocks using the proposed pixel readjustment process.Further,each cover image(CI)pixel produces two different stego-image pixels.Likewise,during extraction,the CI pixels are restored without the loss of a single bit of information.The outcome of the proposed technique with respect to perceptual transparency measures,such as peak signal-to-noise ratio and structural similarity index,is found to be superior to that of some of the recent and state-of-the-art techniques.In addition,the proposed technique has shown excellent resilience to various stego-attacks,such as pixel difference histogram as well as regular and singular analysis.Besides,the out-off boundary pixel problem,which endures in most of the contemporary data hiding techniques,has been successfully addressed.展开更多
Steganography is a technique to hide the secret data into digital media without getting any unexpected notices. The traditional steganographic method, namely least significant bit (LSB) replacement, is a simple but ...Steganography is a technique to hide the secret data into digital media without getting any unexpected notices. The traditional steganographic method, namely least significant bit (LSB) replacement, is a simple but insecure scheme. To overcome the traditional drawbacks, this paper proposes a steganographic scheme, which is called double-layer hiding method. The experimental results confirm that the proposed scheme achieves better biding capacity with high ability of resisting security analysis.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61762060)Educational Commission of Gansu Province,China(Grant No.2017C-05)+2 种基金Foundation for the Key Research and Development Program of Gansu Province,China(Grant No.20YF3GA016)supported by King Saud University,Riyadh,Saudi Arabia,through Researchers Supporting Project No.RSP-2022/184The work of author Ayman Radwan was supported by FCT/MEC through Programa Operacional Regional do Centro and by the European Union through the European Social Fund(ESF)under Investigator FCT Grant(5G-AHEAD IF/FCT-IF/01393/2015/CP1310/CT0002).
文摘The authenticity and integrity of healthcare is the primary objective.Numerous reversible watermarking schemes have been developed to improve the primary objective but increasing the quantity of embedding data leads to covering image distortion and visual quality resulting in data security detection.A trade-off between robustness,imperceptibility,and embedded capacity is difficult to achieve with current algorithms due to limitations in their ability.Keeping this purpose insight,an improved reversibility watermarking methodology is proposed to maximize data embedding capacity and imperceptibility while maintaining data security as a primary concern.A key is generated by a random path with minimum bit flipping is selected in the 4 × 4 block to gain access to the data embedding patterns.The random path's complex structure ensures data security.Data of various sizes(8 KB,16 KB,32 KB)are used to analyze image imperceptibility and evaluate quality factors.The proposed reversible watermarking methodology performance is tested under standard structures PSNR,SSIM,and MSE.The results revealed that the MRI watermarked images are imperceptible,like the cover image when LSB is 3 bits plane.Our proposed reversible watermarking methodology outperforms other related techniques in terms of average PSNR(49.29).Experiment results show that the suggested reversible watermarking method improves data embedding capacity and imperceptibility compared to existing state-of-the-art approaches.
文摘A novel local binary pattern-based reversible data hiding(LBP-RDH)technique has been suggested to maintain a fair symmetry between the perceptual transparency and hiding capacity.During embedding,the image is divided into various 3×3 blocks.Then,using the LBP-based image descriptor,the LBP codes for each block are computed.Next,the obtained LBP codes are XORed with the embedding bits and are concealed in the respective blocks using the proposed pixel readjustment process.Further,each cover image(CI)pixel produces two different stego-image pixels.Likewise,during extraction,the CI pixels are restored without the loss of a single bit of information.The outcome of the proposed technique with respect to perceptual transparency measures,such as peak signal-to-noise ratio and structural similarity index,is found to be superior to that of some of the recent and state-of-the-art techniques.In addition,the proposed technique has shown excellent resilience to various stego-attacks,such as pixel difference histogram as well as regular and singular analysis.Besides,the out-off boundary pixel problem,which endures in most of the contemporary data hiding techniques,has been successfully addressed.
基金supported by the National Science Council Foundation of Taiwan under Grant No. NSC-100-2218-E-468-002-MY2
文摘Steganography is a technique to hide the secret data into digital media without getting any unexpected notices. The traditional steganographic method, namely least significant bit (LSB) replacement, is a simple but insecure scheme. To overcome the traditional drawbacks, this paper proposes a steganographic scheme, which is called double-layer hiding method. The experimental results confirm that the proposed scheme achieves better biding capacity with high ability of resisting security analysis.