Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 392-399 , March 2008

Ultrasound of the Fingers for Human Identification Using Biometrics

  • Ganesh Narayanasamy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • Applied Physics Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Ganesh Narayanasamy, 200 Zina Pitcher Place, 3316 Kresge-III, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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  • J. Brian Fowlkes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • Applied Physics Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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  • Oliver D. Kripfgans

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • Applied Physics Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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  • Jon A. Jacobson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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  • Michel De Maeseneer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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  • Rainer M. Schmitt

      Affiliations

    • Cross Match Technologies Inc., Palm Beach Gardens, FL, USA
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  • Paul L. Carson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • Applied Physics Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Received 26 March 2007 ,Revised 29 June 2007 ,Accepted 2 August 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.08.003

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 392-399 , March 2008

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