Title :
Can Visual Evoked Potentials be used in Biometric Identification?
Author :
Power, Alan J. ; Lalor, Edmund C. ; Reilly, Richard B.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. & Mech. Eng., Univ. Coll. Dublin
fDate :
Aug. 30 2006-Sept. 3 2006
Abstract :
Due to known differences in the anatomical structure of the visual pathways and generators in different individuals, the use of visual evoked potentials offers the possibility of an alternative to existing biometrics methods. A study based on visual evoked potentials from 13 individuals was carried out to assess the best combination of temporal, spectral and AR modeling features to realize a robust biometric. From the results it can be concluded that visual evoked potentials show considerable biometric qualities, with classification accuracies reaching a high of 86.54% and that a specific temporal and spectral combination was found to be optimal. Based on these results the visual evoked potential may be a useful tool in biometric identification when used in conjunction with more established biometric methods
Keywords :
biometrics (access control); feature extraction; visual evoked potentials; anatomical structure; autoregressive modeling; biometric identification methods; feature extraction; spectral modeling; temporal modeling; visual evoked potential; visual pathways; Anatomical structure; Biometrics; Cities and towns; Cryptography; Electroencephalography; Fingerprint recognition; Iris; Robustness; Smart cards; USA Councils;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS '06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
New York, NY
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0032-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259493