摘要:Hand v ein pattern s are un ique and universal. Vein pattern is used as b iometric featu re in recent years.B ut, it is not v ery much p opu lar bio metric system as com pared to oth er systems like fin gerprint, iris etc,b ecause o f the hig her cos t. Fo r co nventio nal alg orithm, it is necessary to use h igh quality im ag es, whichd emand h igh priced co llection devices. There are two app roaches for vein authentication, these are hand..d orsa and h an d ventral .C urrently we are wo rk ing on h an d dorsa v ein p attern s. Here we are p uttingforward th e new ap pro ach fo r lo w cos t hand d orsa vein pattern acq uisition using low cost d ev ice andp ro posin g a algo rith m to extract features fro m these lo w quality im ag es