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Sensors 2012, 12, 5246-5272; doi:10.3390/s120505246 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article Performance Evaluation of Fusing Protected Fingerprint Minutiae Templates on the Decision Level Bian Yang 1,*, Christoph Busch 1, Koen de Groot 2, Haiyun Xu 3 and Raymond N. J. Veldhuis 3 1 Norwegian Biometric Laboratory, Gjøvik University College, Teknologivegen 22, N2802 Gjøvik, Norway; E-Mail: christoph.busch@hig.no 2 Philips Research Eindhoven, High Tech Campus 5, 5656 AE Eindhoven, The Netherlands; E-Mail: koen.de.groot@ 3 Faculty EEMCS at University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands; E-Mails: h.xu@utwente.nl (H.X.); r.n.j.veldhuis@utwente.nl (R.N.J.V.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: bian.yang@hig.no; Tel.: +47-6113-5486; Fax: +47-6113-5170. Received: 23 February 2012; in revised form: 11 April 2012 / Accepted: 16 April 2012 / Published: 26 April 2012 Abstract: In a biometric authentication system using protected templates, a pseudonymous identifier is the part of a protected template that can be directly compared. Each compared pair of pseudonymous identifiers results in a decision testing whether both identifiers are derived from the same biometric characteristic. Compared to an unprotected system, most existing biometric template protection methods cause to a certain extent degradation in biometric performance. Fusion is therefore a promising way to enhance the biometric performance in temp