A novel fuzzy curvature method for recognition of anterior forearm subcutaneous veins by thermal imaging

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Highlights：

• This paper deals with a novel fuzzy curvature methodology to identify the veins.

• The aim is reconstructing the vein system of anterior forearm by thermal imaging.

• The forearms are captured by thermal imaging and segmented by crisp 2-means

• The Gaussian high-pass filter is applied to enhance the images.

• Directional curvatures are produced and fused by fuzzy system.

摘要

•This paper deals with a novel fuzzy curvature methodology to identify the veins.•The aim is reconstructing the vein system of anterior forearm by thermal imaging.•The forearms are captured by thermal imaging and segmented by crisp 2-means•The Gaussian high-pass filter is applied to enhance the images.•Directional curvatures are produced and fused by fuzzy system.

论文关键词：Fuzzy curvature,Thermal imaging,Forearm veins,Crisp 2-means,Vein recognition,Fuzzy fusion

论文评审过程：Received 14 May 2018, Revised 6 November 2018, Accepted 7 November 2018, Available online 10 November 2018, Version of Record 16 November 2018.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2018.11.017