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ZIG-ZAG PVD ñ A Nontraditional Approach

by Dr.Y.Venkataramani, M.Padmaa
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 5 - Number 7
Year of Publication: 2010
Authors: Dr.Y.Venkataramani, M.Padmaa
10.5120/928-1305

Dr.Y.Venkataramani, M.Padmaa . ZIG-ZAG PVD ñ A Nontraditional Approach. International Journal of Computer Applications. 5, 7 ( August 2010), 5-10. DOI=10.5120/928-1305

@article{ 10.5120/928-1305,
author = { Dr.Y.Venkataramani, M.Padmaa },
title = { ZIG-ZAG PVD ñ A Nontraditional Approach },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { August 2010 },
volume = { 5 },
number = { 7 },
month = { August },
year = { 2010 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 5-10 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume5/number7/928-1305/ },
doi = { 10.5120/928-1305 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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Abstract

Communication has to be secure in order to be kept private. The latest developments in the field of digital communication have made secret communication possible. Image hiding is a method in which a secret image is hidden in a cover image thereby forming a hybrid or stego image. In this paper, data hiding is performed by taking difference value of three and two neighbouring pixels by adapting Zig-Zag traversing scheme (ZZTS). This method enhances security and the quality of image in spite of high capacity of concealed information. Error correction mechanism using hamming code is applied to ensure reliable secret communication. The effectiveness of the proposed stego system has been estimated by computing Mean Square Error(MSE),Peak Signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR), Mean Structural SIMilarity index(MSSIM) and Bits per colour Pixel. This paper also illustrates how security has been enhanced using this algorithm

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

LSB steganography Information hiding Pixel value Differencing (PVD) Zig-Zag traversing scheme (ZZTS)