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SINOBIOMETRICS 2004: Advances in Biometric Person Authentication pp 424–431Cite as

Robust Ridge Following in Fingerprints

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In this paper, we presented an improved approach of minutiae detection by following the ridges. Our algorithm is based on the two characteristics of the ridge points on the same ridge: connectivity and randomicity. Because our algorithm takes full advantage of the characteristics of the ridge points, it is robust to noise. Using our algorithm, good quality ridge images can be obtained which can be used to assist minutiae-based fingerprint matching, or directly used for fingerprint matching. Experimental results are included.

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  1. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 100876, Beijing, P.R. China

    Jianjiang Feng, Fei Su & Anni Cai

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  1. Center for Biometrics and Security Research & National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences,  

    Stan Z. Li

  2. Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

    Jianhuang Lai

  3. National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Tieniu Tan

  4. Center of Computer Vision, School of Mathematics and Computing Science, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, China

    Guocan Feng

  5. School of Computer Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China

    Yunhong Wang

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Feng, J., Su, F., Cai, A. (2004). Robust Ridge Following in Fingerprints. In: Li, S.Z., Lai, J., Tan, T., Feng, G., Wang, Y. (eds) Advances in Biometric Person Authentication. SINOBIOMETRICS 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3338. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30548-4_48

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