An iris recognition algorithm is a method of matching an iris image to a collection of iris images that exist in a database. There are many iris recognition algorithms that employ different mathematical ways to perform recognition. Breakthrough work by John Daugman led to the most popular algorithm based on Gabor wavelets.
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(2009). Iris Recognition Algorithms. In: Li, S.Z., Jain, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Biometrics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73003-5_1061
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