Title :
Image Enhancement Method for Fingerprint Recognition System
Author :
Li, Shunshan ; Wei, Min ; Tang, Haiying ; Zhuang, Tiange ; Buonocore, Michael H.
Author_Institution :
Imaging Res. Center, California Univ., Davis, CA
Abstract :
Image enhancement plays an important role in fingerprint recognition system. In this paper fingerprint image enhancement method, a refined Gabor filter, is presented. This enhancement method can connect the ridge breaks, ensures the maximal gray values located at the ridge center and has the ability to compensate for the nonlinear deformations. The result shows it can improve the performance of image enhancement
Keywords :
Gabor filters; deformation; fingerprint identification; image enhancement; Gabor filter; fingerprint recognition system; image enhancement; maximal gray values; nonlinear deformations; ridge breaks; Authentication; Fingerprint recognition; Gabor filters; Image databases; Image enhancement; Image matching; Image processing; Image quality; Radiology; User interfaces;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8741-4
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1617204
