A gabor filter based fingerprint enhancement scheme using average frequency

International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 417-429

  Zhu, E N ^a   Yin, Jianping ^a   Zhang, Guomin ^a   Chunfeng, H U ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Circular gabor filter; Fingerprint average frequency; Fingerprint enhancement; Fingerprint identification

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR GABOR FILTER; FINGERPRINT AVERAGE FREQUENCY; FINGERPRINT ENHANCEMENT; FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; PERFORMANCE; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

PATTERN RECOGNITION;

EID: 33646885922     PISSN: 02180014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218001406004740     Document Type: Article

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