Comprehensive Review and Analysis of Image Encryption Techniques

The rapid growth of digital media has increased the need to protect image data from unauthorized access, particularly in fields such as medical imaging, military communication, and online content distribution. This paper provides a comprehensive review of advanced image encryption techniques aimed a...

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Main Authors: K. Mahalakshmi, Sivakumar Nagarajan
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Published: IEEE 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11029017/
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description The rapid growth of digital media has increased the need to protect image data from unauthorized access, particularly in fields such as medical imaging, military communication, and online content distribution. This paper provides a comprehensive review of advanced image encryption techniques aimed at preserving the confidentiality and integrity of visual information. The analysis includes traditional cryptographic methods, such as AES, RSA, and Blowfish, as well as quantum encryption, chaos-based encryption, DNA encryption, frequency domain techniques, neural network-based methods, and compressive sensing. Each technique was evaluated based on key performance metrics, including the resistance to differential and statistical attacks, computational efficiency, noise resilience, key sensitivity, and encryption speed. Through comparative analysis, this study highlights the strengths, weaknesses, and applicability of these methods in various contexts. The review concludes by discussing the current challenges and suggesting future research directions to improve the security, scalability, and real-time processing capabilities of image encryption systems.
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spelling doaj-art-da9d6429c26f45b4a9cc801d4dc2063f2025-08-20T03:28:10ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362025-01-011310978310981310.1109/ACCESS.2025.357815811029017Comprehensive Review and Analysis of Image Encryption TechniquesK. Mahalakshmi0https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1303-8810Sivakumar Nagarajan1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8945-6412Department of Mathematics, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, IndiaSchool of Computer Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, IndiaThe rapid growth of digital media has increased the need to protect image data from unauthorized access, particularly in fields such as medical imaging, military communication, and online content distribution. This paper provides a comprehensive review of advanced image encryption techniques aimed at preserving the confidentiality and integrity of visual information. The analysis includes traditional cryptographic methods, such as AES, RSA, and Blowfish, as well as quantum encryption, chaos-based encryption, DNA encryption, frequency domain techniques, neural network-based methods, and compressive sensing. Each technique was evaluated based on key performance metrics, including the resistance to differential and statistical attacks, computational efficiency, noise resilience, key sensitivity, and encryption speed. Through comparative analysis, this study highlights the strengths, weaknesses, and applicability of these methods in various contexts. The review concludes by discussing the current challenges and suggesting future research directions to improve the security, scalability, and real-time processing capabilities of image encryption systems.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11029017/Image encryptioncryptographychaos-based encryptionquantum encryptionneural network encryptionfederated learning for encryption
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chaos-based encryption
quantum encryption
neural network encryption
federated learning for encryption
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title_short Comprehensive Review and Analysis of Image Encryption Techniques
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cryptography
chaos-based encryption
quantum encryption
neural network encryption
federated learning for encryption
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