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Image Encryption Using Dynamic S-Box Substitution in the Wavelet Domain

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A number of image encryption techniques have been proposed in recent years. These techniques use either spatial or transform domain image processing. A major challenge when designing an image encryption scheme is to conceal the pixel of the input image, especially when the image has a low texture region. Another problem is the encryption computational time. In this paper, these two issues are addressed. As the use of a single substitution box (S-box) to encrypt digital images does not work well for greater as well as a lower number of gray levels. To solve this problem, a new substitution technique using multiple S-boxes with dynamic substitution is proposed. In the second part of this paper, the proposed discrete wavelet transform based scheme is employed to reduce the encryption computational time. A number of parameters like correlation, entropy, energy, contrast, homogeneity, MSE and PSNR are used to analyze the quality of cipher images.

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Shafique, A., Ahmed, F. Image Encryption Using Dynamic S-Box Substitution in the Wavelet Domain. Wireless Pers Commun 115, 2243–2268 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-020-07680-w

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