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Robust Iris Recognition Baseline for the Grand Challenge

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Author(s)

Yooyoung Lee, Ross J. Micheals, James J. Filliben, P J. Phillips

Abstract

Due to its distinctiveness, the human iris is a popular biometric feature used to identity a person with high accuracy. The “Grand Challenge” in iris recognition is to have an effective algorithm for subject verification or identification under a broad range of image and environmental conditions. This paper presents both baseline performance results and an enhanced version of VASIR (Video-based Automated System for Iris Recognition) as a response the challenge. We describe the details of the VASIR procedure and demonstrate its superiority over the IrisBEE algorithm. Finally, the image quality scores and how they relate to VASIR’s performance are examined.
Citation
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 7777
Report Number
7777
NIST Pub Series
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.7777

Keywords

biometrics, iris recognition, VASIR, baseline, benchmark, Hamming distance, image processing
Biometrics

Citation

Lee, Y. , Micheals, R. , Filliben, J. and Phillips, P. (2011), Robust Iris Recognition Baseline for the Grand Challenge, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.7777 (Accessed November 6, 2025)

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Created May 17, 2011, Updated November 10, 2018
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