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Anti-spoofing, Iris

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Synonyms

Liveness detection; Presentation attack detection; Spoofing countermeasures; Spoof detection; Spoof resistance; Vitality tests

Definition

Iris anti-spoofing techniques are designed to counteract physical spoofing attacks launched against iris recognition systems. Such attacks are directed at the sensor level and try to gain access to the system by presenting a physical artifact to the acquisition device. In the case of iris, such artifacts include the use of photographs, video recordings, printed contact lenses, artificial eyes, etc. Iris anti-spoofing mechanisms aim to ascertain that iris images were acquired from a live and authorized user present at the time of transaction.

Introduction

Iris recognition systems are among the most accurate biometric systems available. Additionally, the iris is an internal organ which makes it more robust to spoofing attacks when compared to some of the other biometric technologies, especially fingerprinting and face. This is mainly due to...

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  1. Cyberisk Limited, London, UK

    Anna Bori Toth

  2. Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen, Joint Research Centre European Commission, Ispra (VA), Italy

    Javier Galbally

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  1. Center for Biometrics and Security, Research & National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Stan Z. Li

  2. Departments of Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

    Anil K. Jain

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Toth, A.B., Galbally, J. (2015). Anti-spoofing, Iris. In: Li, S.Z., Jain, A.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Biometrics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7488-4_179

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