A Graph Theory Practice on Transformed Image: A Random Image Steganography

Modern day information age is enriched with the advanced network communication expertise but unfortunately at the same time encounters infinite security issues when dealing with secret and/or private information. The storage and transmission of the secret information become highly essential and have...

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Main Authors: V. Thanikaiselvan, P. Arulmozhivarman, S. Subashanthini, Rengarajan Amirtharajan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/464107
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P. Arulmozhivarman
S. Subashanthini
Rengarajan Amirtharajan
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description Modern day information age is enriched with the advanced network communication expertise but unfortunately at the same time encounters infinite security issues when dealing with secret and/or private information. The storage and transmission of the secret information become highly essential and have led to a deluge of research in this field. In this paper, an optimistic effort has been taken to combine graceful graph along with integer wavelet transform (IWT) to implement random image steganography for secure communication. The implementation part begins with the conversion of cover image into wavelet coefficients through IWT and is followed by embedding secret image in the randomly selected coefficients through graph theory. Finally stegoimage is obtained by applying inverse IWT. This method provides a maximum of 44 dB peak signal to noise ratio (PSNR) for 266646 bits. Thus, the proposed method gives high imperceptibility through high PSNR value and high embedding capacity in the cover image due to adaptive embedding scheme and high robustness against blind attack through graph theoretic random selection of coefficients.
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spelling doaj-art-c1e13d6eae9b4235bb654258bdcd9c402025-08-20T02:19:15ZengWileyThe Scientific World Journal1537-744X2013-01-01201310.1155/2013/464107464107A Graph Theory Practice on Transformed Image: A Random Image SteganographyV. Thanikaiselvan0P. Arulmozhivarman1S. Subashanthini2Rengarajan Amirtharajan3School of Electronics Engineering, VIT University, Vellore 632014, IndiaSchool of Electronics Engineering, VIT University, Vellore 632014, IndiaSchool of Information Technology, VIT University, Vellore 632014, IndiaSchool of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, SASTRA University, Thanjavur 613401, IndiaModern day information age is enriched with the advanced network communication expertise but unfortunately at the same time encounters infinite security issues when dealing with secret and/or private information. The storage and transmission of the secret information become highly essential and have led to a deluge of research in this field. In this paper, an optimistic effort has been taken to combine graceful graph along with integer wavelet transform (IWT) to implement random image steganography for secure communication. The implementation part begins with the conversion of cover image into wavelet coefficients through IWT and is followed by embedding secret image in the randomly selected coefficients through graph theory. Finally stegoimage is obtained by applying inverse IWT. This method provides a maximum of 44 dB peak signal to noise ratio (PSNR) for 266646 bits. Thus, the proposed method gives high imperceptibility through high PSNR value and high embedding capacity in the cover image due to adaptive embedding scheme and high robustness against blind attack through graph theoretic random selection of coefficients.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/464107
spellingShingle V. Thanikaiselvan
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The Scientific World Journal
title A Graph Theory Practice on Transformed Image: A Random Image Steganography
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title_full_unstemmed A Graph Theory Practice on Transformed Image: A Random Image Steganography
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