scholarly journals ROI Extraction and Enhancement for Finger Vein Recognition

Author(s):  
Ju-Won Lee ◽  
Byeong-Ro Lee
Author(s):  
Prof Hindrustum Shaaban

Extracting Region of Interest (ROI) is an important step for finger vein recognition system. The purpose of this process is to determine the part of the image that we need for extracting features. In this paper we present an ROI extraction method that overcome the problems of finger rotation and displacement. We first locate the finger midline to be used in correcting the oblique images. We then use a sliding window to determine the Proximal inter phalangeal joint and to further identify the ROI height. Finally, from the corrected image of a certain height, the ROI is obtained through the use of finger edges internal tangents as ROI boundaries. The results prove that our method in a more accurate and effective manner in comparison with the method of [1], and thus enhance the performance of the system.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 397
Author(s):  
Ahmed A. Mustafa ◽  
Ahmed AK. Tahir

This paper aims at improving the performance of finger-vein recognition system using a new scheme of image preprocessing. The new scheme includes three major steps, RGB to Gray conversion, ROI extraction and alignment and ROI enhancement. ROI extraction and alignment includes four major steps. First, finger-vein boundaries are detected using two edge detection masks each of size (4 x 6). Second, the correction for finger rotation is done by calculating the finger base line from the midpoints between the upper and lower boundaries using least square method. Third, ROI is extracted by cropping a rectangle around the center of the finger-vein which is determined using the first and second invariant moments. Forth, the extracted ROI is normalized to a unified size of 192 x 64 in order to compensate for scale changes. ROI enhancement is done by applying the technique of Contrast-Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization (CLAHE), followed by median and modified Gaussian high pass filters. The application of the given preprocessing scheme to a finger-vein recognition system revealed its efficiency when used with different methods of feature extractors and with different types of finger-vein database. For the University of Twente Finger Vascular Pattern (UTFVP) database, the achieved Identification Recognition Rates (IRR) for identification mode using three feature extraction methods Local Binary Pattern (LBP), Local Directional Pattern (LDP) and Local Line Binary Pattern (LLBP) are (99.79, 99.86 and 99.86) respectively, while the achieved Equal Error Rates (EER) for verification mode for the same feature extraction methods are (0.139, 0.069 and 0.035). For the Shandong University Machine Learning and Applications - Homologous Multi-modal Traits (SDUMLA-HMT) database, the achieved Identification Recognition Rates (IRR) for identification mode using three feature extraction methods LBP, LDP and LLBP are (99.57, 99.73 and 99.65) respectively, while the achieved Equal Error Rates (EER) for verification mode for the same feature extraction methods are (0.419, 0.262 and 0.341). These results outrage those of the previous state-of-art methods.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
George K. Sidiropoulos ◽  
Polixeni Kiratsa ◽  
Petros Chatzipetrou ◽  
George A. Papakostas

This paper aims to provide a brief review of the feature extraction methods applied for finger vein recognition. The presented study is designed in a systematic way in order to bring light to the scientific interest for biometric systems based on finger vein biometric features. The analysis spans over a period of 13 years (from 2008 to 2020). The examined feature extraction algorithms are clustered into five categories and are presented in a qualitative manner by focusing mainly on the techniques applied to represent the features of the finger veins that uniquely prove a human’s identity. In addition, the case of non-handcrafted features learned in a deep learning framework is also examined. The conducted literature analysis revealed the increased interest in finger vein biometric systems as well as the high diversity of different feature extraction methods proposed over the past several years. However, last year this interest shifted to the application of Convolutional Neural Networks following the general trend of applying deep learning models in a range of disciplines. Finally, yet importantly, this work highlights the limitations of the existing feature extraction methods and describes the research actions needed to face the identified challenges.


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