Biometric inspired digital image Steganography

Proceedings - Fifteenth IEEE International Conference and Workshops on the Engineering of Computer-Based Systems, ECBS 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 159-168

  Cheddad, Abbas ^a   Condell, Joan ^a   Curran, Kevin ^a   Mc Kevitt, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA HIDING; DIGITAL IMAGE STEGANOGRAPHY; EDGE OPERATORS; HUMAN SKIN TONE DETECTION;

BIOMETRICS; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DIGITAL WATERMARKING; EDGE DETECTION; SECURITY OF DATA; SKIN;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 44149103187     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECBS.2008.11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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