Analysis of SIFT and SURF features for copy-move image forgery detection

Abstract

Copy-Move forgery is the most widely used way to tamper image for creating the forged images. The meaning of the photograph is changed by forging or concealing the images. Copy move is a very common technique for image forgery; tools used for retouching are applied along with it making naked eyes difficult to detect the copy move. Hence, the verification of authenticity and integrity is very essential of the image. The copy-move forgery detection can be divided into two heads a) Block based method b) Keypoint based. In the case of blocked based method, the method is exceptionally good in detecting the forged regions with higher accuracy but uses extremely high power of computation. Speed up Robust Feature (SURF) and Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) are invariant with respect to geometrical and illumination transform. In this paper we review the different keypoint approach which is a better approach or alternate to block-based approach due to invariancy property of SURF and SIFT. The keypoint based copy-move forgery detection schemes involve, identifying and relating the localized features of the images using the algorithms like SIFT and SURF.