Robust median filtering detection based on local difference descriptor

As a content-preserved image manipulation, median filtering approach has received extensive attention from forensic analyzers. In this paper, we propose a local difference descriptor with two feature sets to reveal the traces of median filtering. The first set of features are fused rotation invarian...

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Published in:Signal processing. Image communication 2017-04, Vol.53, p.65-72
Main Authors: Niu, Yakun, Zhao, Yao, Ni, RongRong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analyzers
Detectors
Digital imaging
Feature extraction
Filtering software
Filtration
Forensic engineering
Image compression
Image detection
Image forensics
Image manipulation
JPEG encoders-decoders
Local binary patterns
Local difference descriptor
Matrix
Median (statistics)
Median filtering
Pixel difference matrix
Pixels
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Summary:As a content-preserved image manipulation, median filtering approach has received extensive attention from forensic analyzers. In this paper, we propose a local difference descriptor with two feature sets to reveal the traces of median filtering. The first set of features are fused rotation invariant uniform local binary patterns (LBP), which can quantify the occurrence statistics of micro-features in an image. The second features set is extracted from pixel difference matrix (PDM), which can better describe how pixel values change introduced by median filtering. To validate the effectiveness of the proposed approach, we compare it with the state-of-the-art median filtering detectors in the cases of JPEG compression and low resolution. Experimental results show that our approach outperforms existing detectors. Moreover, our approach is more reliable than prior methods to detect tampering involving local median filtering. •A local difference descriptor for median filtering detection is proposed.•The occurrence statistics of certain micro-features have discrimination capability.•The distribution of micro-features is estimated by the histogram of LBP.•Local pixel differences can better describe how pixel values change.•Joint probability is suitable to describe the behavior of local difference pairs.
ISSN:0923-5965
1879-2677
DOI:10.1016/j.image.2017.01.008