In this set, each cover is a $512\times 512$
grayscale digital image in a RAW format.
We restrict experiments to
-this set of cover images since this paper is more focussed on
+this set of cover images since this paper is more focused on
the methodology than benchmarking.
Our approach is always compared to Hugo~\cite{DBLP:conf/ih/PevnyFB10}
and to EAISLSBMR~\cite{Luo:2010:EAI:1824719.1824720}.
\hline
Schemes & \multicolumn{3}{|c|}{STABYLO} & \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{HUGO}& \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{EAISLSBMR} \\
\hline
-Embedding & \multicolumn{2}{|c||}{Adaptive} & Fixed & \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{Fixed}& \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{Fixed} \\
+Embedding & Fixed & \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{Adaptive} & \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{Fixed}& \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{Fixed} \\
\hline
-Rate & + STC & + sample & 10\% & 10\%&6.35\%& 10\%&6.35\%\\
+Rate & 10\% & + sample & + STC & 10\%&6.35\%& 10\%&6.35\%\\
\hline
-PSNR & 66.55 (\textbf{-0.8\%}) & 63.48 & 61.86 & 64.65 & {67.08} & 60.8 & 62.9\\
+PSNR & 61.86 & 63.48 & 66.55 (\textbf{-0.8\%}) & 64.65 & {67.08} & 60.8 & 62.9\\
\hline
-PSNR-HVS-M & 78.6 (\textbf{-0.8\%}) & 75.39 & 72.9 & 76.67 & {79.23} & 61.3 & 63.4\\
+PSNR-HVS-M & 72.9 & 75.39 & 78.6 (\textbf{-0.8\%}) & 76.67 & {79.23} & 61.3 & 63.4\\
%\hline
%BIQI & 28.3 & 28.28 & 28.4 & 28.28 & 28.28 & 28.2 & 28.2\\
\hline
-wPSNR & 86.43(\textbf{-1.6\%}) & 80.59 & 77.47& 83.03 & {87.8} & & 80.6\\
+wPSNR & 77.47 & 80.59 & 86.43(\textbf{-1.6\%}) & 83.03 & {87.8} & 76.7 & 80.6\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
+
+\begin{footnotesize}
+\vspace{2em}
+Variances given in bold font express the quality differences between
+HUGO and STABYLO with STC+adaptive parameters.
+\end{footnotesize}
+
\end{center}
\caption{Quality Measures of Steganography Approaches\label{table:quality}}
-\label{table:quality}
\end{table*}
Let us focus on the quality of HUGO images: with a given fixed
embedding rate (10\%),
HUGO always produces images whose quality is higher than the STABYLO's one.
-However our appraoch always outperforms EAISLSBMR since this one may modify
+However our approach always outperforms EAISLSBMR since this one may modify
the two least significant bits whereas STABYLO only alter LSB.
If we combine \emph{adaptive} and \emph{STC} strategies
-The quality of our approach has been evaluated through the two
+The steganalysis quality of our approach has been evaluated through the two
AUMP~\cite{Fillatre:2012:ASL:2333143.2333587}
and Ensemble Classifier~\cite{DBLP:journals/tifs/KodovskyFH12} based steganalysers.
Both aims at detecting hidden bits in grayscale natural images and are
implemented as support vector machine,
can be favorably executed thanks to an ensemble classifier.
-%citer le second tableau, comparer avec EAISLSBMR
\begin{table*}
\begin{center}
\hline
Schemes & \multicolumn{3}{|c|}{STABYLO} & \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{HUGO}& \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{EAISLSBMR}\\
\hline
-Embedding & \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{Adaptive} & Fixed & \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{Fixed}& \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{Fixed} \\
+Embedding & Fixed & \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{Adaptive} & \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{Fixed}& \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{Fixed} \\
\hline
-Rate & + STC & + sample & 10\% & 10\%& 6.35\%& 10\%& 6.35\%\\
+Rate & 10\% & + sample & + STC & 10\%& 6.35\%& 10\%& 6.35\%\\
\hline
-AUMP & 0.39 & 0.33 & 0.22 & 0.50 & 0.50 & 0.49 & 0.50 \\
+AUMP & 0.22 & 0.33 & 0.39 & 0.50 & 0.50 & 0.49 & 0.50 \\
\hline
-Ensemble Classifier & \textbf{0.47} & 0.44 & 0.35 & 0.48 & 0.49 & 0.43 & 0.46 \\
+Ensemble Classifier & 0.35 & 0.44 & 0.47 & 0.48 & 0.49 & 0.43 & 0.46 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table*}
-Results show that our approach is more easily detectable than HUGO, which
-is the most secure steganographic tool, as far as we know. However due to its
+Results are summarized in Table~\ref{table:steganalyse}.
+First of all, STC outperforms the sample strategy for the two steganalysers, as
+already noticed in the quality analysis presented in the previous section.
+Next, our approach is more easily detectable than HUGO, which
+is the most secure steganographic tool, as far as we know.
+However by combining \emph{adaptive} and \emph{STC} strategies
+our approach obtains similar results than HUGO ones.
+However due to its
huge number of features integration, it is not lightweight, which justifies
in the authors' opinion the consideration of the proposed method.