Palmprint recognition based on subspace analysis of Gabor filter bank

Moussadek Laadjel, Ahmed Bouridane, Fatih Kurugollu, WeiQi Yan

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Abstract

This paper introduces a new technique for palmprint recognition based on Fisher Linear Discriminant Analysis (FLDA) and Gabor filter bank. This method involves convolving a palmprint image with a bank of Gabor filters at different scales and rotations for robust palmprint features extraction. Once these features are extracted, FLDA is applied for dimensionality reduction and class separability. Since the palmprint features are derived from the principal lines, wrinkles and texture along the palm area. One should carefully consider this fact when selecting the appropriate palm region for the feature extraction process in order to enhance recognition accuracy. To address this problem, an improved region of interest (ROI) extraction algorithm is introduced. This algorithm allows for an efficient extraction of the whole palm area by ignoring all the undesirable parts, such as the fingers and background. Experiments have shown that the proposed method yields attractive performances as evidenced by an Equal Error Rate (EER) of 0.03%.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCrime Prevention Technologies and Applications for Advancing Criminal Investigation
EditorsChang-Tsun Li, Anthony T.S. Ho
Place of PublicationHershey, PA
PublisherIGI Global
Pages202-214
Number of pages322
Volume2
ISBN (Print)978-1466617582
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010

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