EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing
Volume 2002 (2002), Issue 6, Pages 613-621
doi:10.1155/S1110865702204047
A Survey of Watermarking Algorithms for Image Authentication
Multimedia Department, Eurecom Institute, 2229 route de Crêtes, B.P. 193, Sophia Antipolis, F-06904, France
Received 20 November 2001; Revised 8 March 2002
Abstract
Digital image manipulation software is now readily available on personal computers. It is therefore very simple to tamper with any image and make it available to others. Insuring digital image integrity has therefore become a major issue. Watermarking has become a popular technique for copyright enforcement and image authentication. The aim of this paper is to present an overview of emerging techniques for detecting whether
image tampering has taken place. Compared to the techniques and protocols for security usually employed to perform this task, the majority of the proposed methods based on watermarking, place a particular emphasis on the notion of content authentication rather than strict integrity. In this paper, we introduce the notion of image content authentication and the features required to design an effective authentication scheme. We present some
algorithms, and introduce frequently used key techniques.