title: Blind data hiding technique using the Fresnelet transform.
abstract: A new blind data hiding scheme is proposed in which data is decomposed using the Fresnelet transform. The inverse Fresnelet transform is performed on decomposed subbands by choosing different key parameters, and the coded pattern of the information data is obtained. This coded pattern is embedded into particular subbands of the cover image using the wavelets. The proposed method has good imperceptibility and large capacity of the information embedded data. Using the Fresnelet transform with a family of wavelet transforms makes the scheme more efficient in terms of extracted accuracy of hidden information. Moreover, the hidden data can be recovered without access to the original cover data. The proposed method is used to resolve privacy and security issues raised with respect to emerging internet applications for the effective handling of confidential data.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Mathematics, Hanyang University, Ansan, 426-791 South Korea ; Department of Mathematics, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Wah Cantt, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Nazeer
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-4056-9854
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Muhammad
authors.affiliation: School of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK ; Department of Computer Science, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Nargis
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bibi
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo, USA.
authors.forename: Zahid
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mahmood
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Mathematics, Hanyang University, Ansan, 426-791 South Korea.
authors.forename: Dai-Gyoung
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Kim
keywords: Blind data hiding; Fresnelet transform; Image encryption; Wavelet transform