Feature extraction of finger vein patterns based on iterative line tracking and its application to personal identification

Systems and Computers in Japan

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 61-71

  Miura, Naoto ^a   Nagasaka, Akio ^a   Miyatake, Takafumi ^a  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biometrics; Feature extraction; Finger veins; Line tracking; Personal identification

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; ITERATIVE METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BIOMETRICS; FINGER VEINS; LINE TRACKING; PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION;

FEATURE EXTRACTION;

EID: 2542423055     PISSN: 08821666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/scj.10596     Document Type: Article

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