Open AccessImage Steganography Using Pixel Value Differencing (PVD) Technique Based on Firefly Algorithm
Author(s) -
Oluwaseun Modupe Alade,
Elizabeth A. Amusan,
Olufunso Adebola Adedeji,
O. O. Alo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of scientific research and reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2320-0227
DOI - 10.9734/jsrr/2021/v27i730414
Subject(s) - steganography , firefly algorithm , cover (algebra) , peak signal to noise ratio , robustness (evolution) , pixel , computer science , image (mathematics) , embedding , algorithm , computer vision , artificial intelligence , engineering , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , chemistry , particle swarm optimization , gene
Steganography deals with the ways of hiding communicated data in such a way that it remains confidential. Finding best position inside cover image to embed text message, maintaining a reasonable trade-off between security, robustness, higher bit embedding rate and imperceptibility are some of the challenges of steganography system. Hence, this paper presents firefly algorithm for finding best positions inside cover image in order to embed text message into cover image using Pixel Value Differencing (PVD) technique. Four different cover image was used. Experimental result showed the cover image with selected location using firefly algorithm as well as the stego image using PVD technique. The stego image was evaluated using Peak Signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR) and Mean square Error (MSE). Firefly Algorithm with PVD technique produced a promising result for image steganography.