• Desai Nidhi

Fingerprint recognition stands as a widely embraced and effective means of person identification, leveraging the distinctive minutiae characteristics within fingerprints—points where a curve track concludes, intersects with other tracks, or diverges. Yet, attaining high-quality fingerprint images poses a continual challenge, as they are seldom pristine. Various factors, including skin and impression conditions, contribute to degradation and corruption of fingerprint images. Consequently, the implementation of image enhancement techniques becomes crucial before minutiae extraction, aiming to achieve a more dependable determination of minutiae locations. This paper delves into a comprehensive study, evaluating the efficacy of diverse fingerprint enhancement techniques.

Fingerprint, Minutiae, Fingerprint enhancement, Binarization, Thinning, Minutiae Extraction, Fingerprint Recognition.

"A Comprehensive Study on Image Enhancement and Minutiae Extraction Techniques", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.2, Issue 5, page no.31-35, May 2015, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701B05.pdf

"A Comprehensive Study on Image Enhancement and Minutiae Extraction Techniques", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.2, Issue 5, page no. pp31-35, May 2015, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701B05.pdf