Research Article

A High-Capacity Image Steganography Method Using Chaotic Particle Swarm Optimization

Table 2

Possible values for bit-planes particle.

ValueDescription

0000Use none of LSBs
0001Use 1st LSB
0010Use 2nd LSB
0011Use 1st and 2nd LSBs
0100Use 3rd LSB
0101Use 1st and 3rd LSBs
0110Use 2nd and 3rd LSBs
0111Use 1st, 2nd, and 3rd LSBs
1000Use 4th LSB
1001Use 1st and 4th LSBs
1010Use 2nd and 4th LSBs
1011Use 1st, 2nd, and 4th LSBs
1100Use 3rd and 4th LSBs
1101Use 1st, 3rd, and 4th LSBs
1110Use 2nd, 3rd, and 4th LSBs
1111Use four LSBs