Table 4 A performance comparison with some existing techniques.

From: An enhanced adaptive image steganography method using block skin-maps and the integer S-transform

Method

Approach

Cover/Stego PSNR (db)

Secret/Retrieved Similarity (%)

Hiding

capacity (bpp)

SBM, 201422, 2014

DWT

(4 × 4 block)

46.17

89.37

0.014

Chaotic map9, 2017

IWT

31.15

92.12

18.21

CF-DWT-QTAR11, 2018

DCT

(128 × 128 block)

34.23

97.52

19.54

Kirsch edge12, 2021

Pixel

34.33

96.19

2.97

FrRnWT10, 2021

Fractional Random Wavelet Transform (3rd Level, p = 0.05)

40.07

- -

0.125

2-bit LSB fusing7, 2021

DWT

37.78

100

0.25

ESBM13, 2022

IWT

44.41

92.61

0.013

InvMIHNet14, 2023

Neural Network & DWT

36.86

93.10

- -

hiESBM

S-Transform

(8 × 8 block,

RGB)

46.85

99.9

2.307