Vortex Search Optimizer based Hybrid Watermarking Scheme for Securing the Medical Images
G N Keshava Murthy, B M Nalini, G K Madhura, S Nayana · 2023
Preventing the duplication, modification, and claim of unauthorised ownership of digital content is one of the major issues caused by the growing use of computer capabilities. Watermarking is one way to put a visible or invisible watermark on a digital document in order to later show that the document is legitimate or belongs to its owner. concentrating on security issues in the storage and broadcast of images in the medical info scheme, as well as the special requirements for medical images for the protection of lesion regions. In this study, a hybrid watermarking strategy was presented utilising the Slantlet transform, randomised singular value decomposition, and optimisation methods (Vortex Search algorithm (VSA)) that are modelled after natural processes. The XOR encryption method is used to encrypt the watermark image. Extensive testing demonstrates that our novel approach works better than the current approaches based on the NC, SSIM, and PSNR. The PSNR of the suggested technique is between 58 and 59 dB, suggesting increased performance, and at a scale factor of 0.06, the SSIM and NC standards of the watermarked picture and the extracted watermark are nearly equal to. The recommended method outperforms past studies in the field in terms of usability, robustness, security, and invisibility, as well as its ability to repel local nonlinear geometric attacks.