Invariant image watermarking based on statistical features in the low-frequency domain

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 777-790

  Xiang, Shijun ^a,b   Kim, Hyoung Joong ^a,c   Huang, Jiwu ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cropping; Gaussian filter; Histogram; Image watermarking; Random bending attacks

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL WATERMARKING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE COMPRESSION;

GAUSSIAN FILTERS; IMAGE WATERMARKING; RANDOM BENDING ATTACKS;

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 44449139971     PISSN: 10518215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSVT.2008.918843     Document Type: Article

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