Matrix embedding with pseudorandom coefficient selection and error correction for robust and secure steganography

IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-239

  Sarkar, Anindya ^a   Madhow, Upamanyu ^a   Manjunath, B S ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Log likelihood ratio (LLR); Matrix embedding (ME); Repeat accumulate coding; Steganalysis; Steganography

Indexed keywords

BIT-ERRORS; DATA RATES; DECODING ERRORS; DETECTABILITY; DETECTION RATES; EMBEDDING DISTORTION; LINEAR CODES; LOG LIKELIHOOD RATIO; LOG-LIKELIHOOD RATIOS; MANY-TO-ONE; MATRIX; PSEUDO RANDOM; QUANTIZATION INDEX MODULATION; RA CODES; REPEAT ACCUMULATE CODES; REPEAT-ACCUMULATE CODING; SECURE STEGANOGRAPHY; STEGANALYSIS; STEGANOGRAPHIC SCHEMES;

CRYPTOGRAPHY; DECODING; ERROR CORRECTION; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MILITARY PHOTOGRAPHY; SPEECH RECOGNITION; STEGANOGRAPHY; TURBO CODES;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS;

EID: 77952646597     PISSN: 15566013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIFS.2010.2046218     Document Type: Article

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