An improved pixon-based method is proposed in this paper for image segmentation. In thisapproach, a wavelet thresholding technique is initially applied on the image to reduce noise and toslightly smooth the image. This technique causes an image not to be oversegmented when the pixonbasedmethod is used. Indeed, the wavelet thresholding, as a pre-processing step, eliminates theunnecessary details...

This paper is proposed of determining the gender through fingerprints.Finger prints verification is one of the most reliable personal identification method and it plays a very important role in forensic application like criminal investigation. Finger prints has been used as a biometric for the gender identification because of its unique nature and do not change throughout the life of an individ...