Iris segmentation involves finding the pupillary and limbic boundaries of the iris within the image allowing the iris region to be separated from the rest of the iris image. This step is necessary prior to the creation of an iris template and has significant impact on iris recognition performance.
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(2009). Iris Segmentation. In: Li, S.Z., Jain, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Biometrics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73003-5_1081
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