A clustering-based framework for improving the performance of JPEG quantization step estimation

J Yang, Y Zhang, G Zhu… - IEEE transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Quantization plays a pivotal role in JPEG compression with respect to the tradeoff between
image fidelity and storage size, and the blind estimation of quantization parameters has …

Quantization step estimation for JPEG image forensics

W Li, X Li, R Ni, Y Zhao - … on Circuits and Systems for Video …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In image forensics, quantization step estimation plays a crucial role in revealing the JPEG
compression history. This study focuses on the estimation for images that have been JPEG …

JPEG quantization step estimation and its applications to digital image forensics

TH Thai, R Cogranne, F Retraint - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The goal of this paper is to propose an accurate method for estimating quantization steps
from an image that has been previously JPEG-compressed and stored in lossless format …

JPEG quantization step estimation with coefficient histogram and spectrum analyses

H Yao, H Wei, T Qiao, C Qin - Journal of Visual Communication and Image …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a new method for estimating quantization steps (QSs) from an image
that has been previously JPEG-compressed and stored in a lossless format. In this method …

Statistical model of JPEG noises and its application in quantization step estimation

B Li, TT Ng, X Li, S Tan, J Huang - IEEE Transactions on Image …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present a statistical analysis of JPEG noises, including the quantization
noise and the rounding noise during a JPEG compression cycle. The JPEG noises in the first …

First quantization matrix estimation for double compressed JPEG images utilizing novel DCT histogram selection strategy

N Dalmia, M Okade - Proceedings of the Tenth Indian Conference on …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
The Double JPEG problem in image forensics has been gaining importance since it involves
two compression cycles and there is a possibility of tampering having taken place after the …

[HTML][HTML] CNN-based first quantization estimation of double compressed JPEG images

S Battiato, O Giudice, F Guarnera, G Puglisi - Journal of Visual …, 2022 - Elsevier
Multiple JPEG compressions leave artifacts in digital images: residual traces that could be
exploited in forensics investigations to recover information about the device employed for …

Mse period based estimation of first quantization step in double compressed jpeg images

F Xue, Z Ye, W Lu, H Liu, B Li - Signal Processing: Image Communication, 2017 - Elsevier
The estimation of the first quantization step in double JPEG compressed images is still a
challenging problem, especially when the first quantization step q 1 is smaller than the …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating previous quantization factors on multiple JPEG compressed images

S Battiato, O Giudice, F Guarnera, G Puglisi - EURASIP Journal on …, 2021 - Springer
The JPEG compression algorithm has proven to be efficient in saving storage and
preserving image quality thus becoming extremely popular. On the other hand, the overall …

Robust first quantization matrix estimation based on filtering of recompression artifacts for non-aligned double compressed JPEG images

N Dalmia, M Okade - Signal Processing: Image Communication, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents a novel method for first quantization matrix estimation for non-aligned
double JPEG compressed images. The non-aligned double JPEG scenario poses several …