Formulation and implementation of a phase-resolved fluorescence technique for latent-fingerprint imaging: Theoretical and experimental analysis

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 297-304

  Dinish, U S ^a   Chao, Z X ^a   Seah, L K ^a   Singh, A ^a   Murukeshan, V M ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE QUALITY; LASER BEAMS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE SHIFT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

FINGERPRINT IMAGES; LATENT-FINGERPRINT IMAGING; MAGNETIC POWDERS; MODULATION FREQUENCY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 12844277287     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.000297     Document Type: Article

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