An investigation of latent fingerprinting techniques

Abstract Background Latent fingerprints are the unintentional impressions that are left at crime scenes, which are considered to be highly significant in forensic analysis and authenticity verification. It is an extremely crucial tool used by law enforcement and forensic agencies for the conviction...

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Autores principales: Ritika Dhaneshwar, Mandeep Kaur, Manvjeet Kaur
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b89d786861f541d5a36737c1f0221f402021-11-14T12:11:34ZAn investigation of latent fingerprinting techniques10.1186/s41935-021-00252-42090-5939https://doaj.org/article/b89d786861f541d5a36737c1f0221f402021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s41935-021-00252-4https://doaj.org/toc/2090-5939Abstract Background Latent fingerprints are the unintentional impressions that are left at crime scenes, which are considered to be highly significant in forensic analysis and authenticity verification. It is an extremely crucial tool used by law enforcement and forensic agencies for the conviction of criminals. However, due to the accidental nature of these impressions, the quality of prints uplifted is generally inferior. Main body In order to improve the overall fingerprint recognition performance, there is an insistent need to design novel methods to improve the reliability and robustness of the existing techniques. Therefore, a systematic review is presented to study the existing methods for latent fingerprint acquisition, enhancement, reconstruction, and matching, along with various benchmark datasets available for research purposes. Conclusion The paper highlights multiple challenges and research gaps using comparative analysis of existing enhancement, reconstruction and matching approaches in order to augment the research in this direction that has become imperative in this digital era.Ritika DhaneshwarMandeep KaurManvjeet KaurSpringerOpenarticleLatent fingerprintEnhancementSegmentationMatchingReconstructionLaw in general. Comparative and uniform law. JurisprudenceK1-7720Medicine (General)R5-920ENEgyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Latent fingerprint
Enhancement
Segmentation
Matching
Reconstruction
Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence
K1-7720
Medicine (General)
R5-920
spellingShingle Latent fingerprint
Enhancement
Segmentation
Matching
Reconstruction
Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence
K1-7720
Medicine (General)
R5-920
Ritika Dhaneshwar
Mandeep Kaur
Manvjeet Kaur
An investigation of latent fingerprinting techniques
description Abstract Background Latent fingerprints are the unintentional impressions that are left at crime scenes, which are considered to be highly significant in forensic analysis and authenticity verification. It is an extremely crucial tool used by law enforcement and forensic agencies for the conviction of criminals. However, due to the accidental nature of these impressions, the quality of prints uplifted is generally inferior. Main body In order to improve the overall fingerprint recognition performance, there is an insistent need to design novel methods to improve the reliability and robustness of the existing techniques. Therefore, a systematic review is presented to study the existing methods for latent fingerprint acquisition, enhancement, reconstruction, and matching, along with various benchmark datasets available for research purposes. Conclusion The paper highlights multiple challenges and research gaps using comparative analysis of existing enhancement, reconstruction and matching approaches in order to augment the research in this direction that has become imperative in this digital era.
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