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Biometric Sample Quality

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The term biometric sample quality describes how faithfully the acquired biometric sample represents the discriminative biometric characteristics of an individual. In the context of automatic biometric classification systems, the term refers to the degree to which the biometric signal is free from corrupting degradations that can compromise the classification accuracy of the system. The quality of biometric signals can be quantified by applying dedicated quality measures, which are useful in improving the robustness of biometric systems and in predicting their performance.

Background

With the progressive introduction of biometric passports and the burgeoning of the biometric industry, the scale of deployment of biometric identity verification systems has increased dramatically. The nature and scale of today’s biometric deployments place stringent constraints on the permitted maximal error rates committed by the biometric classifiers. Maintaining a...

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  1. IBM Zurich Research Laboratory (DTI), 15 Avenue Recordon, CH-1005, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Krzysztof Kryszczuk

  2. Ecole Polytechnique, Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL - STI – IBI, Station 15, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Jonas Richiardi

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Computing Science, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Henk C. A. van Tilborg

  2. Center for Secure Information Systems, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 22030-4422, USA

    Sushil Jajodia

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Kryszczuk, K., Richiardi, J. (2011). Biometric Sample Quality. 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_883

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