Title :
Thermal hand image segmentation for biometric recognition
Author :
Font-Aragones, X. ; Faundez-Zanuy, M. ; Mekyska, J.
Author_Institution :
EUP Mataro (TCM), UPC, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
We have seen how to avoid the cold finger areas in order to get a better segmented TH image. These approaches are only necessary when temperatures from the finger are close to the surface. Once the TH image is well segmented we have observed different performance.
Keywords :
handwriting recognition; image recognition; image segmentation; TH image segmentation; biometric recognition; cold finger areas; thermal hand image segmentation; Authentication; Biometrics; Face recognitoin; Feature extraction; Hands; Identification; Image segmentation; Temperature measurements; Thermal analysis; Thumb;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAES.2013.6533739
