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Title: | Hand Veins | Contributor(s): | Leedham, Graham (author) | Publication Date: | 2009 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/9324 | Abstract: | In the human hand there is a complex structure of veins and blood vessels, many of which are just a few millimeters below the skin surface. Using noninvasive and safe imaging techniques it is possible to capture an image of the larger veins and blood vessels near the skin surface in various parts of the hand. These images are most readily obtained from the back of the hand and the palm of the hand. This vein structure, which is mostly invisible to the human eye, forms a pattern of interconnecting lines which is different from one individual to another and can be used as a physiological biometric. Two imaging methods can be used for safe, noninvasive imaging of veins near the skin surface: (1) Far infrared thermography, and (2) near infrared imaging. Far infrared imaging detects heat radiated from the hand and veins. Near infrared imaging detects infrared light reflected from a hand illuminated by near infrared light. | Publication Type: | Book Chapter | Source of Publication: | Encyclopedia of Biometrics, v.1: A-H, p. 687-693 | Publisher: | Springer | Place of Publication: | Heidelberg, Germany | ISBN: | 9780387730042 9780387730035 9780387730028 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 109999 Technology not elsewhere classified 080109 Pattern Recognition and Data Mining 080106 Image Processing |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 890201 Application Software Packages (excl. Computer Games) 970108 Expanding Knowledge in the Information and Computing Sciences |
HERDC Category Description: | B2 Chapter in a Book - Other | Publisher/associated links: | http://books.google.com.au/books?id=0bQbOYVULQcC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA687 http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/36365386 http://www.springer.com/computer/image+processing/book/978-0-387-73002-8 |
Editor: | Editor(s): Stan Z Li |
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Appears in Collections: | Book Chapter School of Science and Technology |
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