Title
A Multilayer Steganography Method With High Embedding Efficiency For Palette Images
Abstract
Embedding efficiency is an important issue in steganography methods. Matrix embedding (1, n, h) steganography was proposed by Crandall to achieve high embedding efficiency for palette images. This paper proposes a steganography method based on multilayer matrix embedding for palette images. First, a parity assignment is provided to increase the image quality. Then, a multilayer matrix embedding (k, 1, n, h) is presented to achieve high embedding efficiency and capacity. Without modifying the color palette, hk secret bits can be embedded into n pixels by changing at most k pixels. Under the same capacity, the embedding efficiency of the proposed method is compared with that of pixel-based steganography methods. The comparison indicates that the proposed method has higher embedding efficiency than pixel-based steganography methods. The experimental results also suggest that the proposed method provides higher image quality than some existing methods under the same embedding efficiency and capacity.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1587/transinf.2019ICP0005
IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION AND SYSTEMS
Keywords
DocType
Volume
embedding efficiency, multilayer matrix embedding, palette images, parity assignment
Journal
E103D
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
7
1745-1361
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Han-Yan Wu11385.82
Ling-Hwei Chen200.68
Yu-Tai Ching322.41