Improved Schemes for Visual Cryptography

Designs, Codes, and Cryptography

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 255-278

  Blundo, Carlo ^a   De Bonis, Annalisa ^a   De Santis, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast; Pixel expansion; Visual cryptography

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035546454     PISSN: 09251022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011271120274     Document Type: Article

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