Title :
Robust enhancement of fingerprint images obtained by ink method
Author :
Popovic, Branko ; Bandjur, M. ; Raicevic, A.
Author_Institution :
Acad. of Criminalistic & Police Studies, Belgrade, Serbia
Abstract :
A method for fingerprint enhancement in the frequency domain based on directional log-Gabor filtering is proposed. Experimental results show that the method can successfully enhance even low-quality fingerprint images obtained by the ink method, outperforming standard, well-known techniques including Gabor filtering.
Keywords :
Gabor filters; fingerprint identification; frequency-domain analysis; image enhancement; directional log-Gabor filtering; fingerprint enhancement; frequency domain; ink method;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2010.1821
