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Vascular pattern, in general, refers to the pattern of blood vessels (arteries and veins). However, in the context of biometrics, it is commonly referred to either the vein pattern that appears as blue vessels located immediately underneath the skin or the retina blood vessels in the eye. In hand biometrics, the vein patterns at the palm (front and dorsum) and fingers are of particular interest for identity authentication.
Background
The discovery of the uniqueness of retinal vascular pattern with respect to individuals can be traced back to 1935 from a paper by C. Simon and I. Goldstein [1]. The uniqueness was further supported by the work of P. Tower [2] who observed that even twins have distinctive retina vascular patterns.
In the 1970s, Yokouchi et al. [3] reported some attempts to obtain live images of the retina for identity verification. During the similar period, R. B. Hill obtained an US patent on apparatus and method for...
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Toh, KA., Teoh, A.B.J. (2011). Vascular Patterns. In: van Tilborg, H.C.A., Jajodia, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cryptography and Security. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5906-5_748
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