Image steganography using discrete fractional Fourier transform

Abstract

The Fractional Fourier transform (FrFT), as a generalization of the classical Fourier transform, was introduced many years ago in mathematics literature. For the enhanced computation of fractional Fourier transform, discrete version of FrFT came into existence i.e. DFrFT. This paper illustrates the advantage of discrete fractional Fourier transform (DFrFT) as compared to other transforms for steganography in image processing. The simulation result shows same PSNR in both domain (time and frequency) but DFrFT gives an advantage of additional stego key i.e. order parameter of this transform.