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fDesc[0] = "Fingerprints are known to be unique to every individual. A Minutiae is defined as: the points of interest in a fingerprint, such as bifurcations (a ridge splitting into two) and ridge endings.
Main features:
-ridge endings - a ridge that ends abruptly
-ridge bifurcation - a single ridge that divides into two ridges
-short ridges, island or independent ridge - a ridge that commences, travels a short distance and then ends
-ridge enclosures - a single ridge that bifurcates and reunites shortly afterward to continue as a single ridge
-spur - a bifurcation with a short ridge branching off a longer ridge
-crossover or bridge - a short ridge that runs bbetween two parallel ridges";
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