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NIST Fingerprint Image Registration Library (NFRL). Registers a pair of fingerprint images using two pairs of control-points (pixel locations). Registration is rigid; translation and rotation are performed without scaling.

Metadata Updated: September 30, 2025

NFRL registers two fingerprint images based on a pair of corresponding control-points. It uses this control-pointpair of pixel locations within the images to translate and rotate the Moving image to the Fixed image.Runtime configuration parameters include: moving and fixed image data in 8-bits-per-pixel grayscale (preferable but not required) two-pairs of corresponding control points (pixel coordinates).The fingerprint-image rigid-registration process is performed in two steps:1. Translation of the Moving image to the Fixed image using the "first" pair of control-points (the unconstrained pair)2. Rotation of the Moving image around the Fixed image control-point (the translation "target" location) based on theangle-difference determined by the "second" pair of control-points (the constrained pair).Both final images, a few interim images, and registration metadata generated during the registration processare made available to the using software: Final registered Moving image Final registered Fixed image Registered, padded, overlaid image (colorized) Registered, padded, Moving image (grayscale) Padded, Fixed image (grayscale) Summed, registered, dilated overlaid image (the "blob")* Process metadata available in both text and XML format.The two Final images are registered. They are cropped to the region-of-interest that is the smallest area of "overlap"per the registration. Therefore, these two images have identical width and height which enables analysis using metricslike PSNR (Peak Signal to Noise Ratio).

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Metadata Created Date September 30, 2025
Metadata Updated Date September 30, 2025
Data Update Frequency irregular

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Harvested from Commerce Non Spatial Data.json Harvest Source

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Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date September 30, 2025
Metadata Updated Date September 30, 2025
Publisher National Institute of Standards and Technology
Maintainer
Identifier ark:/88434/mds2-2778
Data First Published 2023-02-01
Language en
Data Last Modified 2022-09-07 00:00:00
Category Information Technology:Biometrics, Information Technology:Conformance testing
Public Access Level public
Data Update Frequency irregular
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Harvest Source Title Commerce Non Spatial Data.json Harvest Source
Homepage URL https://data.nist.gov/od/id/mds2-2778
License https://www.nist.gov/open/license
Program Code 006:045
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