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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ICCES.2007.4447053
