F. Y.

Shih (Editor), Multimedia Security: Watermarking, Steganography, and Forensics, 423

pages, Taylor & Francis Group, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2013, ISBN: 978-1-4398-7331-1
(list price: $129.95).

Features
•Explores state-of-the-art techniques for multimedia security and steganography
•Includes numerous practical examples and case studies
•Provides a clear tutorial and more intuitive development of complex technology
•Includes extensive discussion of multimedia security and steganography methods
•Details staganalysis techniques in addition to their counter-examples

Summary
Multimedia Security: Watermarking, Steganography, and Forensics outlines essential principles,
technical information, and expert insights on multimedia security technology used to prove that
content is authentic and has not been altered. Illustrating the need for improved content security
as the Internet and digital multimedia applications rapidly evolve, this book presents a wealth of
everyday protection application examples in fields including multimedia mining and
classification, digital watermarking, steganography, and digital forensics.

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Giving readers an in-depth overview of different aspects of information security mechanisms and
methods, this resource also serves as an instructional tool on how to use the fundamental
theoretical framework required for the development of extensive advanced techniques. The
presentation of several robust algorithms illustrates this framework, helping readers to quickly
master and apply fundamental principles.

Presented case studies cover:

•The execution (and feasibility) of techniques used to discover hidden knowledge by applying
multimedia duplicate mining methods to large multimedia content
•Different types of image steganographic schemes based on vector quantization
•Techniques used to detect changes in human motion behavior and to classify different types of
small-group motion behavior
Useful for students, researchers, and professionals, this book consists of a variety of technical
tutorials that offer an abundance of graphs and examples to powerfully convey the principles of
multimedia security and steganography. Imparting the extensive experience of the contributors,
this approach simplifies problems, helping readers more easily understand even the most
complicated theories. It also enables them to uncover novel concepts involved in the
implementation of algorithms, which can lead to the discovery of new problems and new means
of solving them.

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F. Y. Shih, Image Processing and Pattern Recognition: Fundamentals and Techniques, 537
pages, Wiley-IEEE Press, ISBN-10: 0-470-40461-2, ISBN-13: 978-0-470-40461-4, 2010 (list
price: $125.00).

This book offers a comprehensive guide to the essential principles of image processing and
pattern recognition. Techniques and in the areas of image processing and pattern recognition are
growing at an unprecedented rate. Containing the latest state-of-the-art developments in the field,
Image Processing and Pattern Recognition presents clear explanations of the fundamentals as
well as the most recent applications. It explains the essential principles so readers will not only
be able to easily implement the algorithms and techniques, but also lead themselves to discover
new problems and applications.

Unlike other books on the subject, this volume presents numerous fundamental and advanced
image processing algorithms and pattern recognition techniques to illustrate the framework.
Scores of graphs and examples, technical assistance, and practical tools illustrate the basic
principles and help simplify the problems, allowing students as well as professionals to easily
grasp even complicated theories. It also features unique coverage of the most interesting
developments and updated techniques, such as image watermarking, digital steganography,
document processing and classification, solar image processing and event classification, 3-D
Euclidean distance transformation, shortest path planning, soft morphology, recursive

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morphology, regulated morphology, and sweep morphology. Additional topics include
enhancement and segmentation techniques, active learning, feature extraction, neural networks,
and fuzzy logic.

Featuring supplemental materials for instructors and students, Image Processing and Pattern
Recognition is designed for undergraduate seniors and graduate students, engineering and
scientific researchers, and professionals who work in signal processing, image processing,
pattern recognition, information security, document processing, multimedia systems, and solar
physics.

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F. Y. Shih, Image Processing and Mathematical Morphology: Fundamentals and Applications,
439 pages, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, Mar. 10, 2009, ISBN-10# 1-4200-8943-9, ISBN-13#
978-1420089431 (list price: $129.95).

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
In the development of digital multimedia, the importance and impact of image processing and
mathematical morphology are well documented in areas ranging from automated vision detection
and inspection to object recognition, image analysis and pattern recognition. Those working in
these ever-evolving fields require a solid grasp of basic fundamentals, theory, and related
applications—and few books can provide the unique tools for learning contained in this text.

Image Processing and Mathematical Morphology: Fundamentals and Applications is a

comprehensive, wide-ranging overview of morphological mechanisms and techniques and their
relation to image processing. More than merely a tutorial on vital technical information, the book
places this knowledge into a theoretical framework. This helps readers analyze key principles
and architectures and then use the author’s novel ideas on implementation of advanced

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algorithms to formulate a practical and detailed plan to develop and foster their own ideas. The
book:

 Presents the history and state-of-the-art techniques related to image morphological processing,
with numerous practical examples
 Gives readers a clear tutorial on complex technology and other tools that rely on their intuition
for a clear understanding of the subject
 Includes an updated bibliography and useful graphs and illustrations
 Examines several new algorithms in great detail so that readers can adapt them to derive their
own solution approaches

This invaluable reference helps readers assess and simplify problems and their essential
requirements and complexities, giving them all the necessary data and methodology to master
current theoretical developments and applications, as well as create new ones.

About the Author

New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, USA

Product Details
 Hardcover: 439 pages
 Publisher: CRC; 1 edition (March 19, 2009)
 Language: English
 ISBN-10: 1420089439
 ISBN-13: 978-1420089431

Annotation
Exceptionally comprehensive, this text covers both basic and advanced techniques in image
processing and mathematical morphology. It goes beyond the technical to instruct readers on the
fundamental theoretical framework required to understand as well as develop extensive advanced
techniques. It includes image enhancement, edge detection and linking, order statistics
morphology, regulated morphology, alternating sequential morphology, recursive morphology,
soft morphology, fuzzy morphology, and sweep morphology. It also discusses practical
applications, such as distance transformation, feature extraction, object representation and
recognition, shape description, and shortest path planning. The principles are thoroughly
illustrated with graphs and examples.

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Digital Watermarking and Steganography: Fundamentals and Techniques (Hardcover) by
Professor Frank Y. Shih (Author), CRC Publisher, ISBN-13: 978-1420047578, December 17,
2007.

Editorial Reviews
Book Description
Every day millions of people capture, store, transmit, and manipulate digital data.
Unfortunately free access digital multimedia communication also provides virtually
unprecedented opportunities to pirate copyrighted material. Providing the theoretical
background needed to develop and implement advanced techniques and algorithms, Digital
Watermarking and Steganography

· Demonstrates how to develop and implement methods to guarantee the authenticity of

digital media

· Explains the categorization of digital watermarking techniques based on characteristics as

well as applications

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· Presents cutting-edge techniques such as the GA-based breaking algorithm on the
frequency-domain steganalytic system.

The popularity of digital media continues to soar. The theoretical foundation presented
within this valuable reference will facilitate the creation on new techniques and algorithms
to combat present and potential threats against information security.

Product Details
 Hardcover: 200 pages
 Publisher: CRC (December 17, 2007)
 Language: English
 ISBN-10: 1420047574
 ISBN-13: 978-1420047578
 Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.6
inches
 Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces