11 June 2013 Sensor-oriented feature usability evaluation in fingerprint segmentation
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Abstract
Existing fingerprint segmentation methods usually process fingerprint images captured by different sensors with the same feature or feature set. We propose to improve the fingerprint segmentation result in view of an important fact that images from different sensors have different characteristics for segmentation. Feature usability evaluation, which means to evaluate the usability of features to find the personalized feature or feature set for different sensors to improve the performance of segmentation. The need for feature usability evaluation for fingerprint segmentation is raised and analyzed as a new issue. To address this issue, we present a decision-tree-based feature-usability evaluation method, which utilizes a C4.5 decision tree algorithm to evaluate and pick the best suitable feature or feature set for fingerprint segmentation from a typical candidate feature set. We apply the novel method on the FVC2002 database of fingerprint images, which are acquired by four different respective sensors and technologies. Experimental results show that the accuracy of segmentation is improved, and time consumption for feature extraction is dramatically reduced with selected feature(s).
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Ying Li, Yilong Yin, and Gongping Yang "Sensor-oriented feature usability evaluation in fingerprint segmentation," Optical Engineering 52(6), 067201 (11 June 2013). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.52.6.067201
Published: 11 June 2013
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KEYWORDS
Sensors

Image segmentation

Databases

Feature extraction

Chromium

Optical engineering

Error analysis

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