Open AccessTongue prints in biometric authentication: A pilot study
Author(s) -
Nadeem Jeddy,
T Radhika,
S Nithya
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/jomfp.jomfp_185_15
Subject(s) - tongue , biometrics , authentication (law) , dorsum , impression , feature (linguistics) , identification (biology) , orthodontics , computer science , anatomy , dentistry , medicine , artificial intelligence , biology , pathology , linguistics , world wide web , philosophy , computer security , botany
Biometric authentication is an important process for the identification and verification of individuals for security purposes. There are many biometric systems that are currently in use and also being researched. Tongue print is a new biometric authentication tool that is unique and cannot be easily forged because no two tongue prints are similar. The present study aims to evaluate the common morphological features of the tongue and its variations in males and females. The usefulness of alginate impression and dental cast in obtaining the lingual impression was also evaluated.