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Research Article | Open Access |

Hiding an Image inside another Image using Variable-Rate Steganography

Author 1: Abdelfatah A. Tamimi Author 2: Ayman M. Abdalla Author 3: Omaima Al-Allaf
International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications (IJACSA) · Vol. 4, No. 10 · Published 2013 · Cited by 64

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.041004

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Abstract

A new algorithm is presented for hiding a secret image in the least significant bits of a cover image. The images used may be color or grayscale images. The number of bits used for hiding changes according to pixel neighborhood information of the cover image. The exclusive-or (XOR) of a pixel’s neighbors is used to determine the smoothness of the neighborhood. A higher XOR value indicates less smoothness and leads to using more bits for hiding without causing noticeable degradation to the cover image. Experimental results are presented to show that the algorithm generally hides images without significant changes to the cover image, where the results are sensitive to the smoothness of the cover image.

Keywords

image steganography information hiding LSB method

How to Cite this Article

Tamimi, A. A., Abdalla, A. M., & Al-Allaf, O. (2013). Hiding an Image inside another Image using Variable-Rate Steganography. International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, 4(10). https://doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.041004

Tamimi, Abdelfatah A., et al.. "Hiding an Image inside another Image using Variable-Rate Steganography." International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, vol. 4, no. 10, 2013, https://doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.041004.

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  title     = {Hiding an Image inside another Image using Variable-Rate Steganography},
  journal   = {International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications},
  volume    = {4},
  number    = {10},
  year      = {2013},
  publisher = {The Science and Information Organization},
  author    = {Abdelfatah A. Tamimi and Ayman M. Abdalla and Omaima Al-Allaf},
  doi       = {10.14569/IJACSA.2013.041004},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.041004}
}

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