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869 Systematic Methods for the Computation of the Directional Fields and Singular Points of Fingerprints
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Bazen, A.M. and Gerez, S.H. (2002) Systematic Methods for the Computation of the Directional Fields and Singular Points of Fingerprints. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 24 (7). pp. 905-919. ISSN 0162-8828 *** ISI Impact 5,027 ***

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Official URL: http://www.computer.org/tpami/tp2002/i0905abs.htm

Abstract

The first subject of this paper is the estimation of a high resolution directional field of fingerprints. Traditional methods are discussed and a new method, based on principal component analysis, is proposed. The method not only computes the direction in any pixel location, but its coherence as well. It is proven that this method provides exactly the same results as the averaged square-gradient method that is known from literature. Undoubtedly, the existence of a completely different equivalent solution increases the insight into the problem's nature. The second subject of this paper is singular point detection. A very efficient algorithm is proposed that extracts singular points from the high-resolution directional field. The algorithm is based on the Poincare index and provides a consistent binary decision that is not based on post-processing steps like applying a threshold on a continuous resemblance measure for singular points. Furthermore, a method is presented to estimate the orientation of the extracted singular points. The accuracy of the methods is illustrated by experiments on a live-scanned fingerprint database.

Item Type:Article
Research Group:EWI-SAS: Signals and Systems
Research Program:CTIT-ISTRICE: Integrated Security and Privacy in a Networked World
Additional Information:Imported from DIES
ID Code:869
Status:Published
Deposited On:12 December 2005
Refereed:Yes
International:Yes
ISI Impact Factor:5,027
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