Performance improvement in spread spectrum image watermarking using wavelets

International Journal of Wavelets, Multiresolution and Information Processing

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-33

  Maity, Santi P ^a   Kundu, Malay K ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

CDMA; Digital image watermarking; M band wavelets; N ary signaling; spread spectrum watermarking; wavelets

Indexed keywords

CDMA; DIGITAL IMAGE WATERMARKING; M-BAND WAVELETS; N-ARY SIGNALING; SPREAD SPECTRUM WATERMARKING; WAVELETS;

DIGITAL WATERMARKING; DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORMS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNALING; SPECTROSCOPY;

WATERMARKING;

EID: 77958464549     PISSN: 02196913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219691311003931     Document Type: Article

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