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Artificial Bee Colony-Based Blind Watermarking Scheme for Color Images Alter Detection Using BRISK Features and DCT

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With the colossal development that the multimedia applications have currently reached, it is possible to manipulate the data contents easily. Thus, a receiver may get incorrect data compared to what the sender transmits. As a result, it is required to come up with an effective solution that checks the integrity of the received data, mainly images. In this context, we attempt through this paper to present a semi-fragile blind watermarking method using ABC, BRISK features and DCT. The method works on embedding the watermark data into specific area. As for the extraction stage, an authentication key is used to decide if the watermarked image was changed during transferring or not. Our findings show the efficiency of the proposed technique in terms of imperceptibility, robustness against some attacks, and tamper detection accuracy.

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  1. University Center Cheikh Amoud Ben Moukhtar Illizi, 33000, Illizi, Algeria

    Abdallah Soualmi & Ilyes Midoun

  2. Mathematics Department, Faculty of Sciences, University Ferhat Abbas Sétif 1, Sétif, Algeria

    Abdelhamid Benhocine

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Soualmi, A., Benhocine, A. & Midoun, I. Artificial Bee Colony-Based Blind Watermarking Scheme for Color Images Alter Detection Using BRISK Features and DCT. Arab J Sci Eng 49, 3253–3266 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-023-07958-8

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