Abstract—In this work, a method for biometric recognition
of ultrasound palmprint based on principal lines is proposed
and experimentally evaluated. Volumetric images of a region
the palm hand were acquired by moving a commercial
ultrasound probe over the region of interest. The obtained 3D
matrix of voxels was then post elaborated to provide 2D
renderings of the palmprint at different skin depths. The
recognition procedure is based on the fusion of a couple of such
images. A procedure for extracting main features from the
fused image was then established and a preliminary database
composed by 81 sample from 27 volunteers was created. Both
verification and identification experiments were performed to
evaluate system performances. Results have shown the
effectiveness of the fusion procedure. Further possible
improvements of the method are finally highlighted and
discussed.
Index Terms—Biometrics, ultrasound, palmprint, image
processing.
The authors are with School of Engineering, University of Basilicata,
Potenza, Italy (e-mail: antonio.iula@unibas.it,
donatella.nardiello@gmail.com).
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Cite: Antonio Iula and Donatella Nardiello, "A Method for Biometric Recognition of Ultrasound Palmprint Based on Principal Lines," International Journal of Future Computer and Communication vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 13-17, 2016.
