A list,
Ii. Source code
% This example demonstrates how to use the MG embedding function
clc
clear all
close all
% Read the input cover image
Cover = double(imread ('1.pgm'));
% Set the payload to 0.4 bpp
Payload = 0.4;
% MG embedding
tStart = tic;
[Stego, pChange, ChangeRate] = MG( Cover, Payload );
tEnd = toc(tStart);
fprintf('MG embedding is done in: %f (sec)\n',tEnd);
%%
figure;
imshow (Cover,[]);
title ('Cover image');
function [Stego, pChange, ChangeRate] = MG ( Cover, Payload )
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% Multivariate Gaussian Embedding | September 2015 | version 1.0
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% INPUT:
% - Cover - Path to the cover image orthe cover image itself. % - Payload - Embedding payload in bits per pixel (bpp). % OUTPUT: % - Stego - Resulting image with embedded payload % - pChange - Embedding change probabilities. % - ChangeRate - Average number of changed pixels % ------------------------------------------------------------------------- % Copyright (c)2015 DDE Lab, Binghamton University, NY.
% All Rights Reserved.
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% Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for
% educational, research and non-profit purposes, without fee, and without a
% written agreement is hereby granted, provided that this copyright notice
% appears in all copies. The program is supplied "as is," without any
% accompanying services from DDE Lab. DDE Lab does not warrant the
% operation of the program will be uninterrupted or error-free. The
% end-user understands that the program was developed for research purposes
% and is advised not to rely exclusively on the program for any reason. In
% no event shall Binghamton University or DDE Lab be liable to any party
% for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages,
% including lost profits, arising out of the use of this software. DDE Lab
% disclaims any warranties, and has no obligations to provide maintenance,
% support, updates, enhancements or modifications.
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% Contact: [email protected] | [email protected]
% September 2015
% http://dde.binghamton.edu/download/
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% References:
% [1] - J. Fridrich and J. Kodovsky. Multivariate Gaussian model for
% designing additive distortion for steganography. Proc. IEEE, ICASSP,
% Vancouver, Canada, May 26- 31.2013.
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% Read and convert the input cover image into double format
if ischar( Cover )
Cover = double( imread(Cover) );
else
Cover = double( Cover );
end
% Compute Variance and do the flooring for numerical stability
Variance = VarianceEstimation(Cover);
Variance(Variance< 1) = 1;
% Compute Fisher information and smooth it
FisherInformation = 1./Variance.^2;
% Compute embedding change probabilities and execute embedding
FI = FisherInformation(:)'; % Ternary embedding change probabilities beta = TernaryProbs(FI,Payload); % Simulate embedding Stego = Cover; beta = 2 * beta; r = rand(1,numel(Cover)); ModifPM1 = (r < beta); % Cover elements to be modified by +-1 r = rand(1,numel(Cover)); Stego(ModifPM1) = Cover(ModifPM1) + 2*(round(r(ModifPM1))) - 1; % Modifying X by +-1 Stego(Stego>255) = 253; % Taking care of boundary cases Stego(Stego<0) = 2; ChangeRate = sum(ModifPM1(:))/numel(Cover); % Computing the change rate pChange = reshape(beta/2,size(Cover)); endCopy the code
3. Operation results
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