Skeleton-based fingerprint minutiae extraction.

by Zhao Feng.
Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 64-68).
s in English and Chinese.
p.i
Acknowledgments --- p.vi
Table of Contents --- p.vii
List of Figures --- p.ix
List of Tables --- p.x
Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1
Chapter 1.1 --- Automatic Personal Identification --- p.1
Chapter 1.2 --- Biometrics --- p.2
Chapter 1.2.1 --- Objectives --- p.2
Chapter 1.2.2 --- Operational Mode --- p.3
Chapter 1.2.3 --- Requirements --- p.3
Chapter 1.2.4 --- Performance Evaluation --- p.4
Chapter 1.2.5 --- Biometric Technologies --- p.4
Chapter 1.3 --- Fingerprint --- p.6
Chapter 1.3.1 --- Applications --- p.6
Chapter 1.3.2 --- Advantages of Fingerprint Identification --- p.7
Chapter 1.3.3 --- Permanence and Uniqueness --- p.8
Chapter 1.4 --- Thesis Overview --- p.8
Chapter 1.5 --- Summary --- p.9
Chapter Chapter 2 --- Fingerprint Identification --- p.10
Chapter 2.1 --- History of Fingerprints --- p.10
Chapter 2.2 --- AFIS Architecture --- p.12
Chapter 2.3 --- Fingerprint Acquisition --- p.15
Chapter 2.4 --- Fingerprint Representation --- p.16
Chapter 2.5 --- Fingerprint Classification --- p.18
Chapter 2.6 --- Fingerprint Matching --- p.20
Chapter 2.7 --- Challenges --- p.21
Chapter 2.8 --- Combination Schemes --- p.22
Chapter 2.9 --- Summary --- p.23
Chapter Chapter 3 --- Live-Scan Fingerprint Database --- p.24
Chapter 3.1 --- Live-Scan Fingerprint Sensors --- p.24
Chapter 3.2 --- Database Features --- p.24
Chapter 3.3 --- Filename Description --- p.28
Chapter Chapter 4 --- Preprocessing for Skeleton-Based Minutiae Extraction --- p.30
Chapter 4.1 --- Review of Minutiae-based Methods --- p.31
Chapter 4.2 --- Skeleton-based Minutiae Extraction --- p.32
Chapter 4.2.1 --- Preprocessing --- p.33
Chapter 4.2.2 --- Validation of Bug Pixels and Minutiae Extraction --- p.40
Chapter 4.3 --- Experimental Results --- p.42
Chapter 4.4 --- Summary --- p.44
Chapter Chapter 5 --- Post-Processing --- p.46
Chapter 5.1 --- Review of Post-Processing Methods --- p.46
Chapter 5.2 --- Post-Processing Algorithms --- p.47
Chapter 5.2.1 --- H-Point --- p.47
Chapter 5.2.2 --- Termination/Bifurcation Duality --- p.48
Chapter 5.2.3 --- Post-Processing Procedure --- p.49
Chapter 5.3 --- Experimental Results --- p.52
Chapter 5.4 --- Summary --- p.54
Chapter Chapter 6 --- Conclusions and Future Work --- p.58
Chapter 6.1 --- Conclusions --- p.58
Chapter 6.2 --- Problems and Future Works --- p.59
Chapter 6.2.1 --- Problem 1 --- p.59
Chapter 6.2.2 --- Problem 2 --- p.61
Chapter 6.2.3 --- Problem 3 --- p.61
Chapter 6.2.4 --- Future Works --- p.62
Bibliography --- p.64
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