A ridge ending is defined as the
point where the ridge ends abruptly and the ridge bifurcation is
the point where the ridge splits into two or more branches.
Automatic minutiae detection becomes a difficult task in low
quality fingerprint images where noise and contrast deficiency
result in pixel configurations similar to that of minutiae. This is
an important aspect that has been taken into consideration in this
project for extraction of the minutiae with a minimum error in a
particular location
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