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Fingerprint Image Quality

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Expected performance or utility of fingerprint image in an automated comparison environment

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The intrinsic characteristic of a biometric signal may be used to determine its suitability for further processing by the biometric system or assess its conformance to preestablished standards. The quality of a biometric signal is a numerical value (or a vector) that measures this intrinsic attribute. Quality score is a quantitative expression of the utility, or predicted performance of a biometric sample in a comparison environment. This means that finger image quality scores should correlate to the observed false match and false non-match rates of the samples.

Introduction

With an increase in the need for reliable identity authentication, biometric recognition systems have been increasingly deployed in several different applications: government applications such as national ID card, border control; and commercial applications, such as physical access control, e-commerce, or...

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  1. National Institute of Standards and Technology, MD, USA

    Elham Tabassi & Patrick Grother

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  1. Center for Biometrics and Security Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Stan Z. Li (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Departments of Computer Science & Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

    Anil Jain (Professor) (Professor)

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Tabassi, E., Grother, P. (2009). Fingerprint Image Quality. In: Li, S.Z., Jain, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Biometrics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73003-5_52

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