An effective algorithm for fingerprint image enhancement based on wavelet transform

Pattern Recognition

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 303-312

  Hsieh, Ching Tang ^a   Lai, Eugene ^a   Wang, You Chuang ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Filterbank based; Fingerprint identification verification systems; Global texture; Local orientation; Minutiae based; Multiresolution analysis; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

MULTIRESOLUTION ANALYSIS;

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS;

WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036487276     PISSN: 00313203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-3203(02)00032-8     Document Type: Article

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