Abstract
This thesis describes a novel algorithm that segments the individual fingerprints in a multi-print image. The algorithm identifies the distal phalanx portion of each finger that appears in the image and labels them as an index, middle, little or ring finger. The accuracy of this algorithm is compared with the publicly-available reference implementation, NFSEG, part of the NIST Biometric Image Software (NBIS) suite developed at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The comparison is performed over large set of fingerprint images captured from unique individuals.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Image processing--Digital techniques; Computer vision; Computer algorithms--Evaluation; Fingerprints--Identification
Publication Date
2010
Document Type
Thesis
Department, Program, or Center
Computer Science (GCCIS)
Advisor
Gaborski, Roger
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Derek, "Segmentation of slap fingerprints" (2010). Thesis. Rochester Institute of Technology. Accessed from
https://repository.rit.edu/theses/247
Campus
RIT – Main Campus
Comments
Note: imported from RIT’s Digital Media Library running on DSpace to RIT Scholar Works. Physical copy available through RIT's The Wallace Library at: TA1637 .J64 2010