期刊名称:International Journal of Computer Science and Security (IJCSS)
电子版ISSN:1985-1553
出版年度:2011
卷号:5
期号:5
页码:456-468
出版社:Computer Science Journals
摘要:This paper presents an algorithm in spatial domain which gives less distortion to the cover image during embedding process. Minimizing embedding impact and maximizing embedding capacity are the key factors of any steganography algorithm. Peak Signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR) is the familiar metric used in discriminating the distorted image (stego image) and cover image. Here matrix embedding technique is chosen to embed the secret image which is initially Huffman encoded. The Huffman encoded image is overlaid on the selected bits of all the channels of pixels of cover image through matrix embedding. As a result, the stego image is constructed with very less distortion when compared to the cover image ends up with higher PSNR value. A secret image which cannot be embedded in a normal LSB embedding technique can be overlaid in this proposed technique since the secret image is Huffman encoded. Experimental results for standard cover images, which obtained higher PSNR value during the operation is shown in this paper.