Biometric Fingerprint Recognition Systems

This book is the dissertation submitted by the author for the degree of Ph.D. at University of Bologna (Dept. of Electronics, Computer Science and Systems - DEIS). The aim of this volume is to study some of the main problems of fingerprint-based biometric systems (i.e., acquisition devices quality- certification, fingerprint recognition algorithms and performance evaluation of fingerprint recognition systems) and to provide innovative solutions developed by the author during his research activities and experimentations in the field.