Robust Image Watermarking Based on singular value decomposition in DT-CWT domain

This paper introduces a novel approach of watermarking for copyright protection applications using the singular value decomposition (SVD) in the dual tree complex wavelet transform (DT-CWT) domain. After applying the 2-level DT-CWT to the cover grayscale image, we apply the SVD to each high-pass subband obtained. The singular values in each subband are then modified by the singular values of the DT-CWT-transformed visual watermark. Modification in all subbands allows the development of a watermarking scheme that is robust to a wide range of attacks. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed watermarking scheme is highly robust to various attacks.