A novel approach to image quality assessment in iris recognition systems

Imaging Science Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 136-145

  Lee, J C ^a   Su, Y ^b   Tu, T M ^c   Chang, C P ^d  

^a Chinese Naval Academy Kaohsiung   (Taiwan)

^b YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Tahwa Institute of Technology   (Taiwan)

^d CHING YUN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biometrics; Iris image quality assessment; Iris recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952969680     PISSN: 13682199     EISSN: 1743131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136821909X12581187860059     Document Type: Article

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