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Image scaling is the basic operation that is widely used in classic image processing, including nearest-neighbor interpolation, bilinear interpolation, and bicubic interpolation. In quantum image processing (QIP), the research on image scaling is focused on nearest-neighbor interpolation, while the related research of bilinear interpolation is very rare, and that of bicubic interpolation has not been reported yet. In this study, a new method based on quantum Fourier transform (QFT) is designed for bilinear interpolation of images. Firstly, some basic functional modules are constructed, in which the new method based on QFT is adopted for the design of two core modules (i.e. addition and multiplication), and then these modules are used to design quantum circuits for the bilinear interpolation of images, including scaling-up and down. Finally, the complexity analysis of the scaling circuits based on the elementary gates is deduced. Simulation results show that the scaling image using bilinear interpolation is clearer than that using the nearest-neighbor interpolation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In quantum image steganography, embedding capacity and security are two important issues. This paper presents a novel quantum steganography scheme using color images as cover images. First, the secret information is divided into 3-bit segments, and then each 3-bit segment is embedded into the LSB of one color pixel in the cover image according to its own value and using Gray code mapping rules. Extraction is the inverse of embedding. We designed the quantum circuits that implement the embedding and extracting process. The simulation results on a classical computer show that the proposed scheme outperforms several other existing schemes in terms of embedding capacity and security. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To address quantum description for color images, an improved FRQI model called FRQCI is proposed in this paper. In our model, the qubit has two-phase parameters and , and the primary color R is stored in , the primary colors G and B are stored in . We provide several simple image processing operators, including color change and geometric transformation. Next, we focus on an encryption algorithm, which includes two parts: position scrambling and color transformation. All operations involved in this paper are implemented by the rotation of the qubit on the Bloch sphere. The simulation results on classical computer show the effectiveness of the proposed method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]