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A novel quantum LSB-based steganography method using the Gray code for colored quantum images

Authors: Shahrokh Heidari, Ehsan Farzadnia

Published in: Quantum Information Processing | Issue 10/2017

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As one of the prevalent data-hiding techniques, steganography is defined as the act of concealing secret information in a cover multimedia encompassing text, image, video and audio, imperceptibly, in order to perform interaction between the sender and the receiver in which nobody except the receiver can figure out the secret data. In this approach a quantum LSB-based steganography method utilizing the Gray code for quantum RGB images is investigated. This method uses the Gray code to accommodate two secret qubits in 3 LSBs of each pixel simultaneously according to reference tables. Experimental consequences which are analyzed in MATLAB environment, exhibit that the present schema shows good performance and also it is more secure and applicable than the previous one currently found in the literature.

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Title: A novel quantum LSB-based steganography method using the Gray code for colored quantum images
Authors: Shahrokh Heidari
Ehsan Farzadnia
Publication date: 01-10-2017
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Quantum Information Processing / Issue 10/2017
Print ISSN: 1570-0755
Electronic ISSN: 1573-1332
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-017-1694-8

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