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An image encryption scheme based on DNA coding and permutation of hyper-image

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An image encryption algorithm based on substitution and permutation is proposed in this paper. The original image is encoded into DNA sequence and hyper-image respectively for better disposal. The encryption algorithm is composed of substitution in the DNA format and permutation in the hyper-image format, both of which have eliminated the relation between adjacent pixels in the image and adjacent bit planes in one pixel sufficiently. Besides, a random sequence generator based on the hyper-chaotic system is proposed, which has been utilized both in deciding the complementary ‘nucleoside’ in the substitution process and in constructing the hyper-image for the permutation process. Large quantities of experiments have demonstrated the validity and efficiency of the proposed scheme.

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The work described in this paper was supported by Key program of National Science Fund of Tianjin, China (Grant NO. 11JCZDJC16000).

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Zhang, S., Gao, T. An image encryption scheme based on DNA coding and permutation of hyper-image. Multimed Tools Appl 75, 17157–17170 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-015-2982-x

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