Systems incorporating biometric technologies have become ubiquitous in personal,
commercial, and governmental identity management applications. Both cooperative (eg …

Finger image quality assessment is a crucial part of any system where a high biometric
performance and user satisfaction is desired. Several algorithms measuring selected …

This study addresses the permanence and persistence of friction ridges and the persistence
of impressions made from these friction ridges over months and years. Permanence is the …

A new multimodal biometric database designed and acquired within the framework of the
European BioSecure Network of Excellence is presented. It is comprised of more than 600 …

Thanks to Mr. James Bond, we are aware that diamonds are forever but, are fingerprints? It
is well known that biometrics brings to the security field a new paradigm; unlike traditional …

Ever since introduction of automated fingerprint recognition in law enforcement in the 1970s
it has been utilized in applications ranging from personal authentication to civilian border …

The variation in the epidermal ridge's width between the sexes, during various growth
stages, and among different populations has been previously assessed. However, the …

Fingerprint recognition systems have been deployed globally in numerous applications
including personal devices, forensics, law enforcement, banking, and national identity …

The forensic investigators always search for fingerprint evidence which is seen as one of the
best types of physical evidence linking a suspect to the crime. In this paper discrete wavelet …

Forensic investigation involves gathering the information necessary to understand the
criminal events as well as linking objects or individuals to an item, location or other …