DocumentCode
2947981
Title
An adaptive algorithm for fingerprints image enhancement using gabor filters
Author
Hadhoud, M.M. ; ElKilani, W.S. ; Samaan, M.I.
Author_Institution
Menoufia Univ., Shibin El Kom
fYear
2007
fDate
27-29 Nov. 2007
Firstpage
227
Lastpage
236
Abstract
Fingerprint image enhancement is a preprocessing step in fingerprint recognition applications. In this paper, an improved algorithm for enhancement of fingerprint image is proposed. The proposed method includes additional steps of adaptive background subtraction and adaptive filtering to the previous fingerprint image enhancement methods based on Gabor filter. The adaptive filtering step enhances the edges of the fingerprints.
Keywords
Gabor filters; fingerprint identification; image enhancement; Gabor filter; adaptive filtering algorithm; fingerprint recognition; image enhancement; Adaptive algorithm; Adaptive filters; Application software; Band pass filters; Feature extraction; Filtering; Fingerprint recognition; Fingers; Gabor filters; Image matching; Adaptive filter; Fingerprint Enhancement; Gabor filter; Segmentation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Computer Engineering & Systems, 2007. ICCES '07. International Conference on
Conference_Location
Cairo
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1365-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-1244-1366-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICCES.2007.4447053
Filename
4447053
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