International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
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Volume 38 - Issue 2 |
Published: January 2012 |
Authors: Neha Mittal, Madasu Hanmandlu, Jyotsana Grover, Ritu Vijay |
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Neha Mittal, Madasu Hanmandlu, Jyotsana Grover, Ritu Vijay . Rank-Level Fusion of Multispectral Palmprints. International Journal of Computer Applications. 38, 2 (January 2012), 33-37. DOI=10.5120/4662-6761
@article{ 10.5120/4662-6761, author = { Neha Mittal,Madasu Hanmandlu,Jyotsana Grover,Ritu Vijay }, title = { Rank-Level Fusion of Multispectral Palmprints }, journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications }, year = { 2012 }, volume = { 38 }, number = { 2 }, pages = { 33-37 }, doi = { 10.5120/4662-6761 }, publisher = { Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA } }
%0 Journal Article %D 2012 %A Neha Mittal %A Madasu Hanmandlu %A Jyotsana Grover %A Ritu Vijay %T Rank-Level Fusion of Multispectral Palmprints%T %J International Journal of Computer Applications %V 38 %N 2 %P 33-37 %R 10.5120/4662-6761 %I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
This paper presents an approach for the personal authentication using rank-level fusion of multispectral palmprints, instead of using multiple biometric modalities and multiple matchers. The rank level fusion involving the non linear combination of hyperbolic tangent functions gives the best recognition rate for the Rank 1 obtained from two types of features, viz., sigmoid and fuzzy. The results of using rank level fusion on the publicly available multispectral palmprint database show the significant improvement in the recognition rate as compared to the individual spectral bands. Recognition rate of 99.4% from sigmoid features and that of 99.2% from fuzzy features based on Rank 1 is the outcome of the hyperbolic tangent nonlinearity.