Fingerprint identification using image enhancement techniques

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 689-692

  Moler, Emilce ^a   Ballarin, Virginia ^a   Pessana, Franco ^a   Torres, Sebastian ^a   Olmo, Dario ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Equipo Argentino Antropologia F   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Digital image processing; Fingerprints; Forensic science; Identification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIGITAL COMPUTER; FEMALE; FILTER; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031804943     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs16202j     Document Type: Article

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