A pseudo-random pixel rearrangement algorithm based on gaussian integers for image watermarking

Aleksey Koval, Frank Y. Shih, Boris S. Verkhovsky

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Abstract

This paper presents a pseudo-random pixel rearrangement algorithm to improve the security of most image watermarking techniques. Many published watermarking algorithms rely on methods of rearranging pixels. They often use chaotic maps as a part of the watermarking procedure. In this paper, we propose a new method of rearranging image pixels based on the properties of Gaussian integers. It results in a more random-looking image transformation that, in turn, significantly improves the security of the embedded watermark. The computation time is much better than the computation time of Arnold cat map chaotic transformation algorithm, used in methods previously published.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)60-70
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Information Hiding and Multimedia Signal Processing
Volume2
Issue number1
StatePublished - Jan 2011

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Software
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

Keywords

  • Arnold Cat Map
  • Gaussian integers
  • Steganography
  • Watermarking

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