Table of Contents

and Background.- Palmprint Data.- Offline Methodologies.- Palmprint Preprocessing.- Feature Extraction and Matching.- Layered Identification Using Multiple Features.- Online Methodologies.- Palmprint Segmentation by Key Point Features.- Texture Feature Using 2-D Gabor Filters.- Line Features Extraction and Representation.- Linear Discrimination Feature Extraction.- Transform-Based Palmprint Image Analysis.- Online Palmprint Classification.- Hierarchical Palmprint Coding with Multi-Features.- Palmprint Authentication System.- Palmprint Acquisition System.- A Prototype Design for Civil Applications.- Book Review and Future Work.