Biometric Systems

Biometric Systems provides practitioners with an overview of the principles and methods needed to build reliable biometric systems. It covers three main topics: key biometric technologies, design and management issues, and the performance evaluation of biometric systems for personal verification/identification. The four most widely used technologies are focused on - speech, fingerprint, iris and face recognition. Key features include: in-depth coverage of the technical and practical obstacles which are often neglected by application developers and system integrators and which result in shortfalls between expected and actual performance; and protocols and benchmarks which will allow developers to compare performance and track system improvements.

Introduction to Biometrics
I: Technologies
Fingerprint
Iris Recognition
Face Recognition
Speaker Verification
II: Testing
Technology Evaluation of Fingerprint Verification Algorithms
Methods of Assessing Progress in Face Recognition
The NIST Speaker Recognition Evaluation Program
III: Legal, Privacy, and System Considerations
SAGEM
Biometric System Integration
Biometrics and the US Constitution
Privacy Issues in the Application of Biometrics: A European Perspective