Improved fingerprint image segmentation using new modified gradient based technique

Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1967-1971

  Akram, M Usman ^a   Nasir, Sarwat ^a   Tariq, Anam ^a   Zafar, Irfan ^a   Khan, Wasim Siddique ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Coherence; Gradient; Mean; Region of interest; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; GRADIENT METHODS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; TECHNOLOGY;

AUTOMATIC FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM; COHERENCE; ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING; FINGER PRINT RECOGNITION; FINGERPRINT IMAGE SEGMENTATION; FINGERPRINT IMAGING; FINGERPRINT SEGMENTATION; GRADIENT; GRADIENT BASED; GRADIENT-BASED METHODS; IMPROVED PERFORMANCE; LOW-QUALITY; MEAN; REGION OF INTEREST; SEGMENTATION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 51849127942     PISSN: 08407789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CCECE.2008.4564888     Document Type: Conference Paper

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