Fingerprint image reconstruction and enhancement

Fingerprint identification is one of the most important biometric technologies which has drawn a substantial amount of attention over the past decade. Progress has been made on several areas including fingerprints enhancement, identification, classification, matching, and the development of commercial automated fingerprint identification systems. Despite these advances, there remain considerable opportunities for improvement. The retrieval speed and the ability to recognize partial or low quality fingerprint images are prominent among those areas that require improvement.