Evaluating the Robustness of Image Steganography Techniques against Diverse Degradation Techniques

Orpa, Lamiya Tahsin; Ferdous, Rahanuma Ryaan; Hasan, Umme Tasnim

dc.contributor.author	Orpa, Lamiya Tahsin
dc.contributor.author	Ferdous, Rahanuma Ryaan
dc.contributor.author	Hasan, Umme Tasnim
dc.date.accessioned	2025-06-02T10:14:35Z
dc.date.available	2025-06-02T10:14:35Z
dc.date.issued	2024-06-30
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dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2413
dc.description	Supervised by Dr. Md. Hasanul Kabir, Professor, Co-supervisor Mr. Shahriar Ivan, Lecturer, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) Islamic University of Technology (IUT) Board Bazar, Gazipur, Bangladesh This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering, 2024	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Within the field of steganography, image steganography is a fascinating technique that hides confidential data behind a cover image. However, the quality and security of hidden content are threatened by potential degradation introduced by the transmis sion of stego images, which can take the form of noise, blurring, or sharpening. In this research endeavor, we present an innovative approach by integrating image degrada tion models into an existing state-of-the-art invertible image-in-image steganography model known as HiNet. Our proposed methodology involves applying a degradation model to the stego image post-secret image embedding, followed by the usual secret image extraction. By introducing these additional layers to the steganographic pro cess, we aim to enhance the robustness of our model against various degradation sce narios, such as Gaussian noise, blurring, and sharpening. By using knowledge from cutting-edge architectures such as HiNet, we aim to improve the overall security and quality of hidden pictures. We performed experiments on HiNet and achieved im proved results in handling degradations like noise, blurring, and sharpening.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Department of Computer Science and Engineering(CSE), Islamic University of Technology(IUT), Board Bazar, Gazipur-1704, Bangladesh	en_US
dc.title	Evaluating the Robustness of Image Steganography Techniques against Diverse Degradation Techniques	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US