NIST fingerprint image quality (NFIQ) compliance test

In August 2004 NIST published a novel measure of fingerprint image quality, which is designed to predict performance of minutia-based fingerprint matching systems. The definition and methodology of NIST Fingerprint Image Quality (NFIQ) is documented in [1] and its implementation is publicly available; but subject to US export control laws as part of NIST Fingerprint Image Software 2 (NFIS2) distribution [2]. This document provides a self administered compliance test that tests if an installation of NFIQ from NFIS2 distribution produces the same results as the original implementation of NFIQ that was developed, tested and published by NIST in August 2004.