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Imaging sensor noise as digital X-ray for revealing forgeries

  • State University of New York Binghamton University

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Abstract

In this paper, we describe a new forensic tool for revealing digitally altered images by detecting the presence of photo-response non-uniformity noise (PRNU) in small regions. This method assumes that either the camera that took the image is available to the analyst or at least some other non-tampered images taken by the camera are available. Forgery detection using the PRNU involves two steps - estimation of the PRNU from non-tampered images and its detection in individual image regions. From a simplified model of the sensor output, we design optimal PRNU estimators and detectors. Binary hypothesis testing is used to determine which regions are forged. The method is tested on forged images coming from a variety of digital cameras and with different JPEG quality factors. The approximate probability of falsely identifying a forged region in a non-forged image is estimated by running the algorithm on a large number of non-forged images.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInformation Hiding - 9th International Workshop, IH 2007, Revised Selected Papers
Pages342-358
Number of pages17
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Event9th International Workshop on Information Hiding, IH 2007 - Saint Malo, France
Duration: Jun 11 2007Jun 13 2007

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume4567 LNCS

Conference

Conference9th International Workshop on Information Hiding, IH 2007
Country/TerritoryFrance
CitySaint Malo
Period06/11/0706/13/07

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