This paper presents two histogram preserving JPEG steganographic methods aiming at secure JPEG steganography against histogram-based attacks. The first one is a histogram quasi-preserving method, which uses quantization index modulation (QIM) at quantization step of DCT coefficients. Since a straightforward application of QIM causes a significant histogram change, a device is introduced in order not to change the after-embedding histogram excessively. The second one is a histogram preserving method based on histogram matching using two quantizers with a dead zone. In comparison with F5 as a representative JPEG steganography, the two methods show high performance with regard to embedding rate, PSNR of stego image, and particularly histogram preservation.
Application of QIM with dead zone for histogram preserving JPEG steganography
IEEE International Conference on Image Processing 2005 ; 2 ; II-1082
2005-01-01
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Application of QIM with Dead Zone for Histogram Preserving JPEG Steganography
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