Optimized image steganography using heterogeneous image embedding techniques

Jairath, Shruti; Pal, Kunwar

doi:10.47974/JDMSC-2751

Open Access Research Article

Optimized image steganography using heterogeneous image embedding techniques

^*Shruti JairathCorresponding authorshruti.cs.19@nitj.ac.inDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of TechnologyJalandhar, Punjab, 144011, IndiaView full profile → , Kunwar Palkunwarp@nitj.ac.inDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of TechnologyJalandhar, Punjab, 144011, IndiaView full profile →

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pp. 2431–2440Vol. 29Issue 6June 2026DOI: 10.47974/JDMSC-2751 Crossmark XML

Received:: 01 Nov 2025
Published Online:: 20 Jun 2026
Article type:: Research Article
Language:: EN
Article no.:: JDMSC-2751
Pages:: 2431–2440

Abstract

The need of safe information hiding has been on the rise in the context of the digital communication with the growth of sharing of online data spread exponentially. This paper presents a new method called the optimized Heterogeneous Image Steganography Network (HISN) in which the various attributes of heterogeneous images are used to greatly improve data hiding and security. HISN makes secret images highly invisible and accurate under cover images using convolutional neural networks. HISN, being made of three networks, which are interconnected, the Preparation Network, the Hiding Network and the Reveal Network is highly sensitive to control the optimized embedding processes and the decoding processes. HISN is strong and reliable, with a training accuracy of 92.64% and a testing accuracy of 90.47. The cover images are similar to the original images and the results of the encoder images, the secret images are similar to the original images, so there is an effective data hiding and recovery.

Keywords

Steganography HISN Multimedia Encoded pictures Reveal network Hiding network Preparation network

Subject Classifications

Primary 94A08Secondary 54H30

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