<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In this paper, the retina is discussed as part of the feature of extraction of retinal scans for use in security systems as a means of identification. The design system contains a method of image acquisition and processing of the image. A computer system is also incorporated for matching and verifying the image captured to an already present representation of unique features of the retina that are stored as templates for matching and identification. It should then either allow or deny the user depending on the results of the matching process. This paper shows the development of the step undertaken to process the image to the extraction of the features. The high resolution images are taken through a series of image enhancement process before feature extraction technics are applied and before templates are created for future referencing. The main limitation of this process is attributed to capturing the image from the retina. The image obtained may be of poor quality thus making the unique features of the retina unclear.</p></abstract>

In this paper, the retina is discussed as part of the feature of extraction of retinal scans for use in security systems as a means of identification. The design system contains a method of image acquisition and processing of the image. A computer system is also incorporated for matching and verifying the image captured to an already present representation of unique features of the retina that are stored as templates for matching and identification. It should then either allow or deny the user depending on the results of the matching process. This paper shows the development of the step undertaken to process the image to the extraction of the features. The high resolution images are taken through a series of image enhancement process before feature extraction technics are applied and before templates are created for future referencing. The main limitation of this process is attributed to capturing the image from the retina. The image obtained may be of poor quality thus making the unique features of the retina unclear.

Study of Feature Extraction of Retinal Scans

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In this paper, the retina is discussed as part of the feature of extraction of retinal scans for use in security systems as a means of identification. The...

Study of Feature Extraction of Retinal Scans

Published Online: Jul 23, 2019

Page range: 5 - 13

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bsaft-2019-0001

Keywords
Feature extraction, retinal scans

© 2019 Mohanad Abdulhamid et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Study of Feature Extraction of Retinal Scans

Published Online: Jul 23, 2019

Page range: 5 - 13

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bsaft-2019-0001

KeywordsFeature extraction, retinal scans

© 2019 Mohanad Abdulhamid et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Feature extraction, retinal scans