Fingerprint Binarization
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73003-5_393
Fingerprint binarization is the process of converting an 8-bit gray-scale fingerprint image into a 1-bit ridge image. This is virtually equivalent to thresholding. Post-processing for the binarized image, such as smoothing, is also important.
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