A New Quantum Watermarking Based on Quantum Wavelet Transforms

Shahrokh Heidari, Mosayeb Naseri*, Reza Gheibi, Masoud Baghfalaki, Mohammad Rasoul Pourarian, Ahmed Farouk

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Abstract

Quantum watermarking is a technique to embed specific information, usually the owner's identification, into quantum cover data such for copyright protection purposes. In this paper, a new scheme for quantum watermarking based on quantum wavelet transforms is proposed which includes scrambling, embedding and extracting procedures. The invisibility and robustness performances of the proposed watermarking method is confirmed by simulation technique. The invisibility of the scheme is examined by the peak-signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) and the histogram calculation. Furthermore the robustness of the scheme is analyzed by the Bit Error Rate (BER) and the Correlation Two-Dimensional (Corr 2-D) calculation. The simulation results indicate that the proposed watermarking scheme indicate not only acceptable visual quality but also a good resistance against different types of attack.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)732-742
Number of pages11
JournalCommunications in Theoretical Physics
Volume67
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • invisibility
  • quantum watermarking
  • quantum wavelet transforms
  • robustness

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