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From: nigel@ese.essex.ac.uk (Nigel S.H. Brooks)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Fingerprint enhancement
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Date: 7 Jul 89 13:53:51 GMT
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Reply-To: nigel@ese.UUCP (Nigel S.H. Brooks)
Organization: University of Essex, Colchester, UK
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I'm working on a project to analyse finger prints and I need
an algorithm to thin the lines down to single pixel width to
aid recognition of the features.

The print has already been processed to give a monochrome
image.

Any ideas?

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|  |\  | _ _  _   _       Nigel S.H. Brooks                                |
|  | \ |  |  /   |_  |    Essex Electronics Centre                         |
|  |  \| _|_ \_| |_  |_   Essex University, UK Email: nigel@ese.essex.ac.uk|