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In this paper a weighted matrix based steganographic scheme has been developed based on Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT). First, \((8 \times 8)\) quantized DCT coefficient blocks are obtained from the cover image. Instead of hiding the data directory to the quantized DCT coefficient blocks, a different approach has been taken here. The AC coefficients, except 0 coefficients, are used to form a series of \(3 \times 3\) temporary matrices. Then, each four bits secret data is converted into an integer value. An user defined weighted matrix is used to select the position in the temporary matrix where the data will be embedded. The integer value is then embedded into that particular position of the selected temporary matrix. The proposed method is tested using different steganographic attacks like RS analysis and NCC to show that the scheme is undetectable under these analysis and more robust that other schemes. This scheme provides good embedding capacity with high visual quality of stego images.
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Chowdhuri, P., Jana, B., Giri, D. (2018). A Novel Steganographic Scheme Using Weighted Matrix in Transform Domain. In: Ghosh, D., Giri, D., Mohapatra, R., Savas, E., Sakurai, K., Singh, L. (eds) Mathematics and Computing. ICMC 2018. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 834. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0023-3_3
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