Color image watermarking based on self-embedded color permissibility with preserved high image quality and enhanced robustness

AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 619-629

  Al Otum, Hazem Munawer ^a   Al Sowayan, Sulaiman S ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b AL IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY IMSIU   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Image watermarking; Spread spectrum; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

BLIND TECHNIQUE; COLOR CHARACTERISTICS; COLOR IMAGE WATERMARKING; HIGH IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE WATERMARKING; SPREAD SPECTRA; SPREAD-SPECTRUM; YUV COLOR SPACE;

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; WATERMARKING; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

COLOR;

EID: 79955626608     PISSN: 14348411     EISSN: 16180399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeue.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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