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PUBLICATIONS

Compression Guidance for 1000 ppi Friction Ridge Imagery

Published

Author(s)

Shahram Orandi, John M. Libert, John D. Grantham, Kenneth Ko, Stephen S. Wood, Frederick R. Byers, Bruce Bandini, Stephen G. Harvey, Michael D. Garris

Abstract

This special publication provides guidance for compression of 1000 ppi friction ridge imagery as well as an interoperability pathway between legacy 500 ppi friction ridge imagery and new 1000 ppi friction ridge image data.
Citation
Special Publication (NIST SP) - 500-289
Report Number
500-289
NIST Pub Series
Special Publication (NIST SP)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

Download Paper

https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.500-289

Keywords

500 ppi, 1000 ppi, friction ridge imagery, downsampling, fingerprint compression, transcoding
Biometrics

Citation

Orandi, S. , Libert, J. , Grantham, J. , Ko, K. , Wood, S. , Byers, F. , Bandini, B. , Harvey, S. and Garris, M. (2014), Compression Guidance for 1000 ppi Friction Ridge Imagery, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.500-289 (Accessed October 7, 2025)

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Created February 24, 2014, Updated November 10, 2018
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