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Handbook of Vascular Biometrics

  • Is the first comprehensive volume dedicated to vascular biometrics
  • Focuses on reproducible research, enabling readers to actively use the material presented
  • Provides expert perspectives from both academia and industry

Part of the book series: Advances in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (ACVPR)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. State of the Art in Vascular Biometrics

      • Andreas Uhl
      Pages 3-61Open Access
    3. A High-Quality Finger Vein Dataset Collected Using a Custom-Designed Capture Device

      • Raymond Veldhuis, Luuk Spreeuwers, Bram Ton, Sjoerd Rozendal
      Pages 63-75Open Access
    4. OpenVein—An Open-Source Modular Multipurpose Finger Vein Scanner Design

      • Christof Kauba, Bernhard Prommegger, Andreas Uhl
      Pages 77-111Open Access
    5. An Available Open-Source Vein Recognition Framework

      • Christof Kauba, Andreas Uhl
      Pages 113-142Open Access
  3. Hand and Finger Vein Biometrics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
    2. Use Case of Palm Vein Authentication

      • Takashi Shinzaki
      Pages 145-158Open Access
    3. Evolution of Finger Vein Biometric Devices in Terms of Usability

      • Mitsutoshi Himaga, Hisao Ogata
      Pages 159-177Open Access
    4. Towards Understanding Acquisition Conditions Influencing Finger Vein Recognition

      • Simon Kirchgasser, Christof Kauba, Andreas Uhl
      Pages 179-199Open Access
    5. Efficient Identification in Large-Scale Vein Recognition Systems Using Spectral Minutiae Representations

      • Benedikt-Alexander Mokroß, Pawel Drozdowski, Christian Rathgeb, Christoph Busch
      Pages 225-259Open Access
    6. Different Views on the Finger—Score-Level Fusion in Multi-Perspective Finger Vein Recognition

      • Bernhard Prommegger, Christof Kauba, Andreas Uhl
      Pages 261-305Open Access
  4. Sclera and Retina Biometrics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 307-307
    2. Retinal Vascular Characteristics

      • Lukáš Semerád, Martin Drahanský
      Pages 309-354Open Access
    3. Vascular Biometric Graph Comparison: Theory and Performance

      • Arathi Arakala, Stephen Davis, K. J. Horadam
      Pages 355-393Open Access
    4. Deep Sclera Segmentation and Recognition

      • Peter Rot, Matej Vitek, Klemen Grm, Žiga Emeršič, Peter Peer, Vitomir Štruc
      Pages 395-432Open Access
  5. Security and Privacy in Vascular Biometrics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 433-433
    2. Presentation Attack Detection for Finger Recognition

      • Jascha Kolberg, Marta Gomez-Barrero, Sushma Venkatesh, Raghavendra Ramachandra, Christoph Busch
      Pages 435-463Open Access
    3. On the Recognition Performance of BioHash-Protected Finger Vein Templates

      • Vedrana Krivokuća, Sébastien Marcel
      Pages 465-480Open Access

About this book

This open access handbook provides the first comprehensive overview of biometrics exploiting the shape of human blood vessels for biometric recognition, i.e. vascular biometrics, including finger vein recognition, hand/palm vein recognition, retina recognition, and sclera recognition. After an introductory chapter summarizing the state of the art in and availability of commercial systems and open datasets/open source software, individual chapters focus on specific aspects of one of the biometric modalities, including questions of usability, security, and privacy. The book features contributions from both academia and major industrial manufacturers.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Computer Science, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

    Andreas Uhl

  • Hochschule Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany

    Christoph Busch

  • Swiss Center for Biometrics Research and Testing, Idiap Research Institute, Martigny, Switzerland

    Sébastien Marcel

  • Faculty of EEMCS, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Raymond Veldhuis

About the editors

Dr. Andreas Uhl is a Full Professor for Computer Science at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Salzburg, Austria and leads the Multimedia Signal Processing and Security Lab. His other publications include the Springer title Iris Biometrics: From Segmentation to Template Security and and Image and Video Encryption: From Digital Rights Management to Secured Personal Communication

Dr. Christoph Busch is a member of the Department of Information Security and Communication Technology (IIK) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway, and of the Computer science faculty at Hochschule Darmstadt (HDA), Germany. He also lectures in Biometric Systems at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU).

Dr Sébastien Marcel is a Senior Researcher and Head of the Biometrics Security and Privacy group at the Idiap Research Institute, Martigny, Switzerland. His other publications include the Springer title Handbook of Biometric Anti-Spoofing.

Dr. Raymond Veldhuis is a Full Professor of Biometric Pattern Recognition in the Data Management and Biometrics  group at the University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.

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