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Hurley, D., Arbab-Zavar, B., Nixon, M. (2008). The Ear as a Biometric. In: Jain, A.K., Flynn, P., Ross, A.A. (eds) Handbook of Biometrics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71041-9_7
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