Steganalysis of watermarking techniques using image quality metrics

Ismail Avcibas; Nasir D. Memon; Bulent Sankur

doi:10.1117/12.435436

1 August 2001 Steganalysis of watermarking techniques using image quality metrics

Ismail Avcibas, Nasir D. Memon, Bulent Sankur

Proceedings Volume 4314, Security and Watermarking of Multimedia Contents III; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.435436
Event: Photonics West 2001 - Electronic Imaging, 2001, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

In this paper, we present techniques for steganalysis of images that have been potentially subjected to a watermarking algorithm. Our hypothesis is that a particular watermarking scheme leaves statistical evidence or structure that can be exploited for detection with the aid of proper selection of image features and multivariate regression analysis. We use some sophisticated image quality metrics as the feature set to distinguish between watermarked and unwatermarked images. To identify specific quality measures, which provide the best discriminative power, we use analysis of variance (ANOVA) techniques. The multivariate regression analysis is used on the selected quality metrics to build the optimal classifier using images and their blurred versions. The idea behind blurring is that the distance between an unwatermarked image and its blurred version is less than the distance between a watermarked image and its blurred version. Simulation results with a specific feature set and a well-known and commercially available watermarking technique indicates that our approach is able to accurately distinguish between watermarked and unwatermarked images.

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Ismail Avcibas, Nasir D. Memon, and Bulent Sankur "Steganalysis of watermarking techniques using image quality metrics", Proc. SPIE 4314, Security and Watermarking of Multimedia Contents III, (1 August 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.435436

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