Fingerprint image enhancement method using directional median filter

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5404, Issue , 2004, Pages 66-75

  Wu, Chaohong ^a   Shi, Zhixin ^a   Govindaraju, Venu ^a  

^a the State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Directional median filter; Enhancement; Fingerprint

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL MEDIAN FILTER (DMF); ENHANCEMENT; FINGERPRINT; PIXELS;

BIOMECHANICS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; FREQUENCIES; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); IMAGE QUALITY; TECHNOLOGY; WAVE FILTERS;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 8844225724     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.542200     Document Type: Conference Paper

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