Research Article
Steganography Algorithm Based on the Nonlocal Maximum Likelihood Noise Estimation for Mobile Applications
Table 2
Correlation between the cover image and the stego-image.
| Test | Round | Red color channel | Green color channel | Blue color channel | General |
| 1 | 1 | 0.999782 | 0.999864 | 0.999894 | 0.999894 | 2 | 0.999319 | 0.999509 | 0.999529 | 0.999452 | 3 | 0.999782 | 0.999864 | 0.999894 | 0.999894 | 4 | 0.999319 | 0.999509 | 0.999529 | 0.999452 |
| 2 | 1 | 0.999281 | 0.999628 | 0.999835 | 0.999581 | 2 | 0.999727 | 0.999763 | 0.999721 | 0.999737 | 3 | 0.999281 | 0.999628 | 0.999835 | 0.999581 | 4 | 0.999727 | 0.999763 | 0.999721 | 0.999737 |
| 3 | 1 | 0.997414 | 0.996376 | 0.996962 | 0.996917 | 2 | 0.998442 | 0.998682 | 0.998661 | 0.998595 | 3 | 0.997414 | 0.996376 | 0.996962 | 0.996917 | 4 | 0.998442 | 0.998682 | 0.998661 | 0.998595 |
| 4 | 1 | 0.994611 | 0.994202 | 0.995620 | 0.994811 | 2 | 0.999071 | 0.998778 | 0.998276 | 0.998708 | 3 | 0.994611 | 0.994202 | 0.995620 | 0.994811 | 4 | 0.999071 | 0.998778 | 0.998276 | 0.998708 |
| 5 | 1 | 0.997158 | 0.997126 | 0.997914 | 0.997399 | 2 | 0.997915 | 0.997978 | 0.997952 | 0.997948 | 3 | 0.997158 | 0.997126 | 0.997914 | 0.997399 | 4 | 0.997915 | 0.997978 | 0.997952 | 0.997948 |
| 6 | 1 | 0.997515 | 0.992386 | 0.965509 | 0.985137 | 2 | 0.997548 | 0.993451 | 0.975926 | 0.988975 | 3 | 0.997515 | 0.992386 | 0.965507 | 0.985136 | 4 | 0.997548 | 0.993451 | 0.975927 | 0.988975 |
| 7 | 1 | 0.999924 | 0.999907 | 0.999853 | 0.999895 | 2 | 0 .999936 | 0.999876 | 0.999809 | 0.999873 | 3 | 0.999924 | 0.999907 | 0.999853 | 0.999895 | 4 | 0 .999936 | 0.999876 | 0.999809 | 0.999873 |
| 8 | 1 | 0.996496 | 0.996155 | 0.992594 | 0.995082 | 2 | 0.998677 | 0.997524 | 0.997884 | 0.998028 | 3 | 0.996496 | 0.996155 | 0.992595 | 0.995082 | 4 | 0.998677 | 0.997524 | 0.997884 | 0.998028 |
| Average | 0.998192 | 0.99757531 | 0.99474619 | 0.99687697 |
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