arrow
Return

Visually secure image encryption: Exploring deep learning for enhanced robustness and flexibility

delete2025-03-01
delete1
PRE
AI
C
Chen Wei
W
Wenjiang Ji
Y
Yichuan Wang *
Ju Ren cover
Ju Ren (Ju Ren)
G
Guanglei Sheng
X
Xinhong Hei
DOI:10.1016/j.eswa.2024.126027delete
deleteOriginal
deleteOriginal request for help
deleteShare
deleteSave
Abstract

Abstract

En 中文
For security reasons, plain images are typically encrypted into noise-like secret images. However, they can easily be detected by potential attackers during transmission or storage, making them vulnerable to interception and corruption. This has led to an increased focus on visually secure image encryption methods. This paper presents a robust and flexible visually secure image encryption method. First, anew compression and reconstruction network based on meta-learning compressed sensing (Meta-learning CS) is devised with the objective of compressing the plain image. Then, the compressed image undergoes encryption through a 2DSLC hyperchaotic map, resulting in the generation of a noise-like secret image. Finally, a visually secure cipher image is obtained using a designed newly embedding and separation network based on traditional deep learning. Experimental results indicate that this method demonstrates superior resilience to advantages in resisting Gaussian noise attack and speckle noise attack relative to other methods. Additionally, the method offers the unique advantage of converting lossless cipher images into JPEG lossy format while maintaining high-quality decrypted images, reducing the risk of drawing attackers' attention and improving storage and transmission efficiency.
Keywords:
Visually secure image encryption
Meta-learning
Compressed sensing
Traditional deep learning
Hyperchaotic map

Journal

Expert Systems with Applications cover
Expert Systems with Applications
IF:
7.5
Papers:
3.0W
Citations:
10.2W

Organization

X
Xian Univ Technol
Scholars:
1.2K
Papers: 484
Citations: 115
S
shaanxi key lab network comp and secur technol
Scholars:
14
Papers: 6
Citations: 1
Cited Papers

Cited Papers

CSformer: Bridging Convolution and Transformer for Compressive Sensing
err2023-01-01
err25
errOAAI
errYe, Dongjie; Ni, Zhangkai; Wang, Hanli; Zhang, Jian; Wang, Shiqi; Kwong, Sam
errShare
errSave
Hiding cipher-images generated by 2-D compressive sensing with a multi-embedding strategy
err2020-06-01
err80
PREAI
errChai, Xiuli; Wu, Haiyang; Gan, Zhihua; Zhang, Yushu; Chen, Yiran
errShare
errSave
errShare
errSave
Efficient and secure chaotic PRNG for color image encryption
err2023-09-01
err0
PREAI
errMohammed M. Al-Mhadawi; Ekhlas Abbas Albahrani; Sadeq H. Lafta
errShare
errSave
errShare
errSave
errShare
errSave
AMP-Net: Denoising-Based Deep Unfolding for Compressive Image Sensing
err2021-01-01
err152
errOAAI
errZhang, Zhonghao; Liu, Yipeng; Liu, Jiani; Wen, Fei; Zhu, Ce
errShare
errSave
A robust meaningful image encryption scheme based on block compressive sensing and SVD embedding
err2020-10-01
err140
PREAI
errZhu, Liya; Song, Huansheng; Zhang, Xi; Yan, Maode; Zhang, Tao; Wang, Xiaoyan; Xu, Juan
errShare
errSave
researcher View more