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A survey of interpolation-based reversible data hiding methods

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It is called as a reversible data hiding method when the cover object can be restored together with extracting the secret data at a receiver. In reversible data hiding, interpolation-based data hiding methods are recently proposed, where image interpolation techniques are used before embedding the secret data. In this paper, reversible data hiding methods using interpolation techniques are described and analyzed on the embedding capacity and the visual image quality that many researchers have tried to improve these different measurements. It is concluded with the directions of research with some recommendations.

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This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (No. 2015R1D1A1A01058019).

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Jung, KH. A survey of interpolation-based reversible data hiding methods. Multimed Tools Appl 77, 7795–7810 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-017-5066-2

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