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Characterization of Latent Print "Lights-Out" Modes for Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS)

April 30, 2014

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Vladimir N. Dvornychenko, Stephen B. Meagher, Michael Garris

The term "lights-out" for AFIS ten-print fingerprint operations has been around for many years and is generally understood to mean "no human intervention is involved." But is this appropriate for AFIS latent print operations? Is it truly possible to

Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & Other Biometric Information ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 NIST Special Publication 500-290 Edition 2

August 4, 2013

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Bradford J. Wing

This is the 2011 update to the ANSI/NIST-ITL standard

A New Metric for Latent Fingerprint Image Preprocessing

June 23, 2013

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Mary Frances Theofanos, Andrew Dienstfrey, Brian Stanton, Haiying Guan

Although fingerprint recognition is a well-studied area, forensic fingerprint preprocessing based on computational theory is still a relatively new domain in need of further scientific study and development of standards of best practice. Latent fingerprint

Requirements and Conformance Test Assertions for ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 Record Type 18 - DNA Record

June 20, 2013

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Fernando L. Podio, Dylan Yaga, Christofer J. McGinnis

The Computer Security Division (CSD) of NIST/ITL develops conformance test architectures (CTAs) and test suites (CTSs) to support users that require conformance to selected biometric standards. Product developers as well as testing laboratories can also

The ANSI/NIST-ITL Standard Update for 2011 (Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & Other Biometric Information)

June 3, 2012

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Bradford J. Wing

This article describes the ANSI/NIST-ITL standard: its origin, contents, and how it is used and updated. It is the principal standard used for the formatting and encoding of biometric data and related textual information for law enforcement, homeland

Multiple Encounter Dataset I (MEDS-I)

May 9, 2010

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Craig I. Watson

In December, 2008, the FBI provided MITRE with an extract of submissions of deceased persons. The submissions contain face images of subjects with multiple encounters over time. The type 10 records (face and SMT) are mostly frontal or near frontal face

Forensic Tools for Mobile Phone Subscriber Identity Modules

May 31, 2006

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Wayne Jansen, Richard Ayers

Cell phones and other handheld devices incorporating cell phone capabilities (e.g., smart phones) are ubiquitous. Besides placing calls, cell phones allow users to perform other tasks such as text messaging and phonebook entry management. When cell phones

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