A multiscale directional operator and morphological tools for reconnecting broken ridges in fingerprint images

Pattern Recognition

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 367-377

  Oliveira, M A ^a   Leite, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fingerprints; Image enhancement; Mathematical morphology; Multiscale directional information

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; PIXELS; ROBUST CONTROL;

FINGERPRINT IMAGES; MULTISCALE DIRECTIONAL INFORMATION;

PATTERN RECOGNITION;

EID: 34548022374     PISSN: 00313203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patcog.2007.05.019     Document Type: Article

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