A finger-vein verification system using mean curvature

Pattern Recognition Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1541-1547

  Song, Wonseok ^a   Kim, Taejeong ^a   Kim, Hee Chan ^a   Choi, Joon Hwan ^a   Kong, Hyoun Joong ^a   Lee, Seung Rae ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biometrics; Finger vein; Mean curvature; Personal verification

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRIC SIGNATURES; EQUAL ERROR RATE; EXTRACTION METHOD; FINGER-VEIN; GEOMETRIC SHAPE; LOW COMPLEXITY; MEAN CURVATURE; PERSONAL VERIFICATION; VEIN PATTERN; VERIFICATION PROCESS; VERIFICATION SYSTEMS;

BIOMETRICS;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 79957491438     PISSN: 01678655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patrec.2011.04.021     Document Type: Article

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