“…This section compares the proposed data hiding technique with state-of-the-art data hiding methods. The comparison is made based on hiding capacity HC, peak signal to noise ratio PSNR, and structure similarity index SSI M. The proposed technique is compared with well-know data hiding techniques of Honsinger et al [9], Macq and Dewey [50], Fridrich et al [8], Lin and Li [51], Jaiswal et al [52], Goljan et al [53], Vleeschouwer et al [54], Khan et al [55], Alam et al [56], Wang et al [57], Khan and Tiziano [20], Khamrui and Mandal [58], Chang et al [28], Lee and Chen [59], Lin and Shiu [29], Koikara and Goswami [60], Hou et al [61], Wang et al [62], and Huang et al [63]. The comparison is made using three different cover images (Lena, Mandrill, and Pepper).…”