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PUBLICATIONS

Project Clearprint: Examining the Impact of Fingerprint Transaction Anomalies on Matcher Performance

Published

Author(s)

Shahram Orandi, Kenneth Ko, John M. Libert, Craig I. Watson

Abstract

This study examines quality related issues for seemingly high-quality fingerprint submissions in an operational setting that were resulting in submission failures and determined that the predominant root cause of most failures were improper packaging of the transmitted images or other controllable conditions beyond the inherent quality of the fingerprints.
Citation
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 8564
Report Number
8564
NIST Pub Series
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

Download Paper

https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.8564
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Keywords

Fingerprints, biometrics, biometric matcher performance, biometric quality.
Biometrics

Citation

Orandi, S. , Ko, K. , Libert, J. and Watson, C. (2025), Project Clearprint: Examining the Impact of Fingerprint Transaction Anomalies on Matcher Performance, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.8564, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=958476 (Accessed October 8, 2025)

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Created June 11, 2025, Updated June 20, 2025
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