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NIST Pubs

Slap Fingerprint Segmentation Evaluation 2004 Analysis Report

Author(s)
Brad Ulery, R. A. Hicklin, Craig I. Watson, Michael D. Indovina, Kayee Hanaoka
The Slap Fingerprint Segmentation Evaluation 2004 (Slap Seg04) was conducted to assess the accuracy of algorithms used to segment slap fingerprint images into

NFIQ Compliance Test

Author(s)
Elham Tabassi
In August 2004 NIST published a novel measure of fingerprint image quality, which can be used to estimate fingerprint match performance. The definition and

NIST Biometric Evaluations and Developments

Author(s)
Michael D. Garris, Charles L. Wilson
This paper presents an R&D framework used by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for biometric technology testing and evaluation. The

Conformance Testing of the Government Smart Card

Author(s)
Elizabeth N. Fong
A conformance Test suite helps to ensure consistency between a specification and the behavior of a product. This paper presents the conformance testing
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