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Edge detection based embedding techniques are famous for data security and image quality preservation. These techniques use diverse edge detectors to classify edge and non-edge pixels in an image and then implant secrets in one or both of these classes. Image with conceived data is called stego image. It is noticeable that none of such researches tries to reform the original image from the stego one. Rather, they devote their concentration to extract the hidden message only. This research presents a solution to the raised reversibility problem. Like the others, our research, first, applies an edge detector e.g., canny, in a cover image. The scheme next collects \$n\$-LSBs of each of edge pixels and finally, concatenates them with encrypted message stream. This method applies a lossless compression algorithm to that processed stream. Compression factor is taken such a way that the length of compressed stream does not exceed the length of collected LSBs. The compressed message stream is then implanted only in the edge pixels by \$n\$-LSB substitution method. As the scheme does not destroy the originality of non-edge pixels, it presents better stego quality. By incorporation the mechanisms of encryption, concatenation, compression and \$n\$-LSB, the method has enriched the security of implanted data. The research shows its effectiveness while implanting a small sized message.

In the field of image steganography, edge detection based implantation methods play vital rules in providing stronger security of hided data. In this arena, researcher applies a suitable edge detection method to detect edge pixels in an image. Those detected pixels then conceive secret message bits. A very recent trend is to employ multiple edge detection methods to increase edge pixels in an image and thus to enhance the embedding capacity. The uses of multiple edge detectors additionally boost up the data security. Like as the demand for embedding capacity, many applications need to have the modified image, i.e., stego image, with good quality. Indeed, when the message payload is low, it will not be a better idea to finds more local pixels for embedding that small payload. Rather, the image quality will look better, visually and statistically, if we could choose a part but sufficient pixels to implant bits. In this article, we propose an algorithm that uses multiple edge detection algorithms to find edge pixels separately and then selects pixels which are common to all edges. This way, the proposed method decreases the number of embeddable pixels and thus, increases the image quality. The experimental results provide promising output.