Reversible Digital Watermarking: Theory and Practice: Theory and Practices

Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Algorithms
Preface
Introduction
	Digital Watermarking
	Fragile and Robust Watermarking Techniques
	Reversible Digital Watermarking
	Importance of Reversible Watermarking
Motivational Case Studies
	Investigating the Effects of DRM Practices on Medical Images
	Investigating Performance in Noisy Military Environment
Overview of State-of-the-Art Reversible Watermarking Techniques
	Introduction
	Difference Expansion
	Data Compression
	Histogram-Bin- Shifting
	Pixel Prediction
	Modification of Frequency Domain Characteristics
	Summary
Detailed Working of a Reversible Watermarking Algorithm: A Technique Utilizing Weighted Median-Based Prediction
	Introduction
	Watermark Embedding Algorithm
	Watermark Extraction Algorithm
	Overhead Bits
	Varying the Error Threshold
	Experimental Results
	Summary
Addressing Implementation Issues
	Managing Auxiliary Information
	Optimizing False Pixel Rejection Rate
	Optimizing Runtime Requirements
	Development of a Common Evaluation Platform
	Summary
Reversible Watermarking with Tamper Localization Property
	Introduction
	Necessary Background
	Tamper Localization in Reversible Watermarking
	The Method of Tamper Localization
	Experimental Results and Discussion
	Summary
Looking Forward
Bibliography
Authors’ Biographies