Image segmentation for the fingerprint image

Question

I am working on image processing for the fingerprint image.In that i want to do image segmentation.Is there any algorithm for image segmentation for the fingerprint image in java?

Input Image & Segmented Image:

Answer 1

If you are trying to do fingerprint recognition from an image, there are several steps for the entire process. First of all you have to do some pre-processing steps which can be an adaptive thresholding. Then you can look into morphological processes like opening and closing. After each step carefully observe the output and then think upon what next to use. Lastly you would need pattern recognition techniques for which you can use libraries which implement them using neural networks ex : http://www.learnartificialneuralnetworks.com/art.html