Research Article

Automatic Extraction of Two Regions of Creases from Palmprint Images for Biometric Identification

Table 2

Sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy obtained from 101 input images.

ROI1ROI2Both regions

SensitivityMaximum value0.97160.97820.9327
3rd quartile value0.88370.89980.8601
2nd quartile (median) value0.83490.81820.8317
1st quartile value0.77150.75990.7804
Minimum value0.43890.50860.5033
Average value0.81640.81540.8159

SpecificityMaximum value0.99980.99990.9991
3rd quartile value0.99920.99930.9981
2nd quartile (median) value0.99890.99880.9977
1st quartile value0.99850.99840.9970
Minimum value0.99620.99670.9933
Average value0.99880.99880.9975

AccuracyMaximum value0.99960.99970.9982
3rd quartile value0.99850.99870.9963
2nd quartile (median) value0.99780.99760.9955
1st quartile value0.99690.99680.9942
Minimum value0.99250.99350.9868
Average value0.99760.99750.9951