The tremendous world-wide interest in intelligent biometric techniques in fingerprint and face recognition is fueled by the myriad of potential applications, including banking and security systems, and limited only by the imaginations of scientists and engineers. This growing interest poses new challenges to the fields of expert systems, neural networks, fuzzy systems, and evolutionary computing, which offer the advantages of learning abilities and human-like behavior. Authored by a panel of international experts, this book presents a thorough treatment of established and emerging applications and techniques relevant to this field.
Chapter 1 Introduction to Fingerprint Recognition 1(34) U. Halici, Turkey L.C. Jain, Australia A. Erol, Turkey
Chapter 2 Fingerprint Feature Processing Techniques and Poroscopy 35(72) A.R. Roddy J.D. Stosz, U.S.A.
Chapter 3 Fingerprint Sub-Classification: A Neural Network Approach 107(28) G.A. Drets, Uruguay H.G. Liljenstrom, Sweden
Chapter 4 A Gabor Filter-Based Method for Fingerprint Identification 135(18) Y. Hamamoto, Japan
Chapter 5 Minutiae Extraction and Filtering from Gray-Scale Images 153(40) D. Maio D. Maltoni, Italy
Chapter 6 Feature Selective Filtering for Ridge Extraction 193(24) A. Erol U. Halici G. Ongun, Turkey
Chapter 7 Introduction to Face Recognition 217(68) A.J. Howell, U.K.
Chapter 8 Neural Networks for Face Recognition 285(30) A.S. Pandya R.R. Szabo, U.S.A.
Chapter 9 Face Unit Radial Basis Function Networks 315(20) A.J. Howell, U.K.
Chapter 10 Face Recognition from Correspondence Maps 335(20) R.P. Wurtz, Germany
Chapter 11 Face Recognition by Elastic Bunch Graph Matching 355(44) L. Wiskott, Germany J.-M. Fellous, U.S.A. N. Kruger C. von der Malsburg, Germany
Chapter 12 Facial Expression Synthesis Using Radial Basis Function Networks 399(26) I. King X.Q. Li, Hong Kong
Chapter 13 Recognition of Facial Expressions and Its Application to Human Computer Interaction 425(34) T. Onisawa S. Kitazaki, Japan Index 459
Shigeyoshi Tsutsui