This month´s covers ...

Front cover: A representative thermographic hand image for biometric recognition based on hand images obtained by a camera that contains both a visible and a thermographic sensor. To read more about this novel approach to biometric recognition and automatic identification of individuals, see the article, "Thermal Hand Image Segmentation for Biometric Recognition" by X. Font-Aragones, M. Faundez-Zanuy, and J. Mekyska that appears on pages 4-14 of this issue of SYSTEMS. Back Cover: These solid models are artifacts from the C-17 Radome Test Station design activities. They were used to confirm the ranges of motion and clearances required for the antennas and radomes tested by the system. The design of this new test capability is described in the article, "System Design of a C-17 Radome Test Station," by P.J. Bryant and T.J. Tillman that appears on pages 22-31 in this issue of SYSTEMS.