title: An objective fingerprint quality-grading system.
abstract: The grading of fingerprint quality by fingerprint examiners as currently practised is a subjective process. Therefore, an objective system was devised to remove the subjectivity. The devised grading system is quantitative and uses three separate, easily available, software packages to ultimately identify the portions of a fingerprint that correspond to low-, medium-, and high-quality definitive minutiae as defined on the Universal Latent Workstation of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation.
authors.affiliation: Materials Research Institute and Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
authors.forename: Drew P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Pulsifer
authors.forename: Sarah A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Muhlberger
authors.forename: Stephanie F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Shaler
authors.forename: Akhlesh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lakhtakia
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003487:Cyanoacrylates; D003878:Dermatoglyphics; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software; D014835:Volatilization
chemical_list: D003487:Cyanoacrylates
keywords: Clarity map; Fingerprint grading scheme; Objective grading scheme