Personal authentication using hand images

Pattern Recognition Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1478-1486

  Kumar, Ajay ^a,b   Wong, David C M ^b   Shen, Helen C ^b   Jain, Anil K ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand geometry; Hand verification; Information fusion; Palmprint verification

Indexed keywords

FEATURE EXTRACTION; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHTING; SENSORS;

HAND GEOMETRY; HAND VERIFICATION; INFORMATION FUSION; PALMPRINT VERIFICATION;

PATTERN MATCHING;

EID: 33745845143     PISSN: 01678655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patrec.2006.02.021     Document Type: Article

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