Efficient spatial image watermarking via new perceptual masking and blind detection schemes

IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 256-274

  Karybali, Irene G ^a,b,c,d   Berberidis, Kostas ^a,b,d,e  

^a IEEE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^d TECHNICAL CHAMBER OF GREECE   (Greece)

^e Signal Processing and Communications Laboratory   (Greece)

Author keywords

Blind detection; Copyright protection; Image watermarking; Spatial perceptual masking

Indexed keywords

BLIND DETECTION; COPYRIGHT PROTECTION; IMAGE WATERMARKING; LINEAR FILTERING; SPATIAL PERCEPTUAL MASKING;

COPYRIGHTS; DIGITAL WATERMARKING; ERROR ANALYSIS; MASKS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 33744722467     PISSN: 15566013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIFS.2006.873652     Document Type: Article

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