| dc.contributor.author | Sandnes, Frode Eika | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-03-22T10:19:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-03-22T10:19:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Sandnes, F. E. (2015, November). A two-stage binarizing algorithm for automatic 2D: 4D finger ratio measurement of hands with non-separated fingers. In Innovations in Information Technology (IIT), 2015 11th International Conference on (pp. 178-183). IEEE. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-1-4673-8511-4. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | FRIDAID 1285337 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10642/3209 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 2D:4D finger ratios are commonly
measured
manually. Previous automatic method
s have
relied on the fingers
being spread apart f
or successful detection. This study propo
ses
an improved automatic
finger
-
r
atio measurement approach that
does not require the fingers to be spread apart. The approach
comprises a two
-
stage binarizing algorithm.
F
irst
,
the hand i
s
separated from the backgr
ound.
S
econd
,
the various fingers are
separated such that a unique outline of the hand can be obtained
and thus the 2D:4D finger ratio can be measured. The algorithm
achieves accurate results o
f
66% o
n
a test
-
suite of flatbed scans
of two
-
hand images. Auto
matic validation of measurement
quality is also discussed. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | IEEE | en_US |
| dc.subject | 2D:4D finger ratio | en_US |
| dc.subject | image analysis | en_US |
| dc.subject | measurements | en_US |
| dc.subject | image binarization | en_US |
| dc.title | A Two-Stage Binarizing Algorithm for Automatic 2D:4D Finger Ratio Measurement of Hands with Non-Separated Fingers | en_US |
| dc.type | Chapter | en_US |
| dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/INNOVATIONS.2015.7381536 | |
