IMAGE ENCRYPTION BASED ON CHAOTIC MAP AND REVERSIBLE INTEGER WAVELET TRANSFORM

Xiaopeng Wei – Bin Wang – Qiang Zhang – Chao Che

   In recent years, there has been growing interesting in image encryption based on chaotic maps and wavelet transform. In this paper, a novel scheme for image encryption based on chaotic maps and reversible integer wavelet transform is proposed. Firstly, the cipher key which is related to plain-image is used to generate different parameters and initial values of chaotic maps. Then the plain-image is permuted by the order from chaotic maps, and processed by integer wavelet transform. A part of transform coefficient is diffused by the orbits of chaotic maps. Finally, the cipher image is obtained by inverse integer wavelet transform based on the diffused coefficient. Numerical experimental results and comparing with previous works show that the proposed scheme possesses higher security than previous works, which is suitable for protecting the image information.

Keywords: integer wavelet transform; image encryption; chaotic map; chaos

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