Wavelet-transform steganography: Algorithm and hardware implementation

International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 241-256

  Mohd, Bassam J ^a   Hayajneh, Thaier ^a   Quttoum, Ahmad Nahar ^a  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Data security; Digital signal processors; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware implementation; Image processing; Security; Steganography; Very large scale integration; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSORS; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); IMAGE PROCESSING; SECURITY OF DATA; STEGANOGRAPHY; VLSI CIRCUITS;

COMPLEX COMPUTATION; HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATIONS; PERFORMANCE METRICS; SECRET INFORMATION; SECURITY; SPATIAL DOMAINS; TRANSFORM COEFFICIENTS; TRANSFORM DOMAIN;

WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

EID: 84892981941     PISSN: 1751911X     EISSN: 17519128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESDF.2013.058657     Document Type: Article

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