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(A) Schematic diagram of the frustrated total internal reflection technique used to measure the contact area between a finger pad and a glass prism. Light rays are entirely reflected unless there is intimate contact resulting in a dark image against a light background. (B) A 3D grayscale rendering of a fingerprint image.
