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High Imperceptibility Image Steganography Methods based on HAAR DWT

by Y. Taouil, E.B. Ameur, A. Souhar, A. El Harraj, M.T. Belghiti
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 138 - Number 10
Year of Publication: 2016
Authors: Y. Taouil, E.B. Ameur, A. Souhar, A. El Harraj, M.T. Belghiti
10.5120/ijca2016908984

Y. Taouil, E.B. Ameur, A. Souhar, A. El Harraj, M.T. Belghiti . High Imperceptibility Image Steganography Methods based on HAAR DWT. International Journal of Computer Applications. 138, 10 ( March 2016), 38-43. DOI=10.5120/ijca2016908984

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author = { Y. Taouil, E.B. Ameur, A. Souhar, A. El Harraj, M.T. Belghiti },
title = { High Imperceptibility Image Steganography Methods based on HAAR DWT },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { March 2016 },
volume = { 138 },
number = { 10 },
month = { March },
year = { 2016 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 38-43 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume138/number10/24419-2016908984/ },
doi = { 10.5120/ijca2016908984 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
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%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

While cryptography keeps unknown the hidden content of information, steganography provides a higher level of data security by making even the existence of hidden information secret, it is the art of dissimulating information in digital media considering it as an unremarkable support. In this paper we propose a new two methods of image steganography by using Haar discrete wavelet transform, the secret data are hidden in the frequency domain to minimize the distortions occurring on the cover during the steganographic process. The floating point in the coefficients of the transform can cause a loss in information. To prevent this problem, data is embedded in the integer part of high frequency coefficients in such a way that increases the imperceptibility. Extensive experiments on variety of images were performed and the results show that the proposed methods provide better image quality and a high imperceptibility in comparison with prior works. This was achieved using a random key that scrambles the location of the pixels where data is hidden.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Steganography Hiding information Haar discrete wavelet transform Imperceptibility Random key.

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