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Quantum steganography scheme and circuit design based on the synthesis of three grayscale images in the HSI color space

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This paper presents a quantum image steganography algorithm based on HSI color space embedding technique. To increase the security of sensitive information, a three-dimensional hyperchaotic system incorporating sinusoidal mapping, Henon mapping, and Cubic mapping using the cascade modulation method is first presented. Additionally, a brand-new steganography algorithm built on the HSI color space embedding method is suggested in this study. The effective pixel information of three channels can be concentrated in one intensity channel by converting color images from RGB to HSI, which decreases the null domain steganography algorithm's time and space complexity. In the meantime, a successful quantum steganography circuit is created. The simulation and numerical analysis results show that the algorithm has good invisibility, security, and robustness.

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The used datasets analyzed during the current study are openly available from http://sipi.usc.edu/database/, and the data used to support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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Acknowledgements

This research is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos: 61702356), Natural Science Foundation of ShanXi Province (Nos: 20210302124050 and 202203021221074), Project 1331 of Shanxi Province (Nos: SC9100026).

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    Peng-fei Yan & Hao Zhang

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Sun, Jy., Wang, Wt., Yan, Pf. et al. Quantum steganography scheme and circuit design based on the synthesis of three grayscale images in the HSI color space. Quantum Inf Process 22, 349 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-023-04110-1

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