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Bi-stretch reversible data hiding algorithm for absolute moment block truncation coding compressed images

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Steganography is one of the most important approaches for secure transmission by concealing secret data into a host image imperceptibly. To achieve a good tradeoff between the hiding capacity and image quality, more work needs to be further researched. In this paper, to obtain satisfactory results, a Bi-Stretch Hiding (BSH) algorithm for absolute moment block truncation coding (AMBTC)-compressed image is proposed. In the scheme, the AMBTC-compressed image is divided into non-overlapped blocks first, after that, four feasible cases are employed to embed secret data, which takes advantage of the characteristics of the coefficients of the AMBTC-compressed image and lead tiny distortion of the AMBTC-compressed image. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed BSH scheme outperforms the other state-of-the-art compression data hiding methods.

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  1. School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, No. 516, Jungong Rd., Yangpu, Shanghai, 200093, China

    Fan Li & Qian Mao

  2. Department of Electronic Engineering, Hanyang University, No. 222, Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea

    K. Bharanitharan

  3. Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, Feng Chia University, No. 100, Wenhwa Rd., Seatwen, Taichung, 40724, Taiwan

    Chin-Chen Chang

  4. Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Asia University, No. 500, Lioufeng Rd., Wufeng, Taichung, 41354, Taiwan

    Chin-Chen Chang & Qian Mao

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Li, F., Bharanitharan, K., Chang, CC. et al. Bi-stretch reversible data hiding algorithm for absolute moment block truncation coding compressed images. Multimed Tools Appl 75, 16153–16171 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-015-2924-7

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