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Sanchez Avila, CarmenAuthorBailador Del Pozo, GonzaloAuthor

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June 9, 2019
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Gaussian Multiscale Aggregation Applied to Segmentation in Hand Biometrics

Publicated to: SENSORS. 11 (12): 11141-11156 - 2011-12-01 11(12), DOI: 10.3390/s111211141

Authors:

de Santos Sierra, Alberto; Sanchez Avila, Carmen; Guerra Casanova, Javier; Bailador del Pozo, Gonzalo
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Univ Politecn Madrid, Grp Biometr Biosignals & Secur - Author

Abstract

This paper presents an image segmentation algorithm based on Gaussian multiscale aggregation oriented to hand biometric applications. The method is able to isolate the hand from a wide variety of background textures such as carpets, fabric, glass, grass, soil or stones. The evaluation was carried out by using a publicly available synthetic database with 408,000 hand images in different backgrounds, comparing the performance in terms of accuracy and computational cost to two competitive segmentation methods existing in literature, namely Lossy Data Compression (LDC) and Normalized Cuts (NCuts). The results highlight that the proposed method outperforms current competitive segmentation methods with regard to computational cost, time performance, accuracy and memory usage.
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Keywords

biometricshand biometricsimage processingimage segmentationmultiscale aggregationAlgorithmsBiometricsBiometryGeometryHandHand biometricsHumansImage processingImage segmentationMultiscale aggregationSecurityShape

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal SENSORS due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2011, it was in position 18/27, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Electrochemistry.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-24:

  • Google Scholar: 3
  • WoS: 2
  • Scopus: 2
  • Europe PMC: 1
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-24:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 22 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/13632/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 428
  • Downloads: 255
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (de Santos Sierra, Alberto) and Last Author (BAILADOR DEL POZO, GONZALO).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been de Santos Sierra, Alberto.

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Awards linked to the item

This research has been supported by the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade of Spain, in the framework of the project CENIT-Segur@, reference CENIT-2007 2004.
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