Genetic-based adaptive image watermarking using local image statistics and image features

Imaging Science Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 65-79

  Tsai, H H ^a   Wang, W Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL FORMOSA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Edge detection; Evolutionary algorithms; Genetic algorithms; Image authentication; Image watermarking; Information hiding

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746014075     PISSN: 13682199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174313106X114585     Document Type: Article

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