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A quantum image steganography algorithm based on edge detection is proposed. Firstly, a new fractal chaotic system with good chaotic properties is proposed to improve the security of the secret information. In addition, this study creates a new steganography algorithm with edge detection. By finding as many edge points in the image as possible through edge detection, the secret information is embedded in non-edge locations, which greatly improves the security and invisibility of the algorithm. Meanwhile, an efficient and secure quantum steganographic circuit is designed. The results of simulation experiments and numerical analysis show that the algorithm is securely complete and invisible and also has good 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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This research is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos: 61702356), Natural Science Foundation of ShanXi Province (Nos: 20210302124050), Project 1331 of Shanxi Province (Nos: SC9100026).
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Sun Jing-yu and Wang Wan-ting wrote the main manuscript text and Zhang Jun and Zhou Shuang prepared figures 1-9, Zhang Hao prepared figures 10-16. All authors reviewed the manuscript.
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Jing-yu, S., Wan-ting, W., Jun, Z. et al. Edge detection steganography and quantum circuit design based on a novel fractal chaotic system. Quantum Inf Process 23, 112 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-024-04328-7
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