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A novel grayscale image encryption approach based on chaotic maps and image blocks

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Image encryption converts a meaningful image into some random arrangement of pixel intensities. That means, the intelligible property of an image is destroyed. Taking into consideration excessively large time and space complexity required by the image encryption algorithm using multiple chaotic systems, this paper proposes an image encryption method in which employs three chaotic sequence to achieve fairly high level of encryption. Novelty of the proposed approach lies in the designed algorithm to achieve both permutation and substitution processes of image encryption. In the end, a comparison in the coefficient correlation values is drawn to evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithm with respect to many lately proposed image encryption schemes.

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  1. CSED, Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India

    Ashish Girdhar

  2. G.G.S.S.S., Kaithal, Haryana, India

    Himani Kapur

  3. CSED, National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India

    Vijay Kumar

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Girdhar, A., Kapur, H. & Kumar, V. A novel grayscale image encryption approach based on chaotic maps and image blocks. Appl. Phys. B 127, 39 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-021-07585-x

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