Exploring bias in sclera segmentation models: A group evaluation approach

M Vitek, A Das, DR Lucio, LA Zanlorensi… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Bias and fairness of biometric algorithms have been key topics of research in recent years,
mainly due to the societal, legal and ethical implications of potentially unfair decisions made …

Ssbc 2020: Sclera segmentation benchmarking competition in the mobile environment

M Vitek, A Das, Y Pourcenoux, A Missler… - … Joint Conference on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The paper presents a summary of the 2020 Sclera Segmentation Benchmarking
Competition (SSBC), the 7th in the series of group benchmarking efforts centred around the …

MetaScleraSeg: an effective meta-learning framework for generalized sclera segmentation

C Wang, H Li, W Ma, G Zhao, Z He - Neural Computing and Applications, 2023 - Springer
Sclera segmentation is a key component of sclera recognition, which decides the region-of-
interest (ROI) for recognition and has a considerable impact on the overall performance. In …

Liveness test method and apparatus

B Yoo, XU Jingtao, C Zhang, H Feng, S Yanhu… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
A liveness test method and apparatus is disclosed. The liveness test method includes
detecting a face region in an input image for a test target, implementing a first liveness test to …

[HTML][HTML] IPAD: Iterative pruning with activation deviation for sclera biometrics

M Vitek, M Bizjak, P Peer, V Štruc - … of King Saud University-Computer and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The sclera has recently been gaining attention as a biometric modality due to its various
desirable characteristics. A key step in any type of ocular biometric recognition, including …

An efficient deep sclera recognition framework with novel sclera segmentation, vessel extraction and gaze detection

S Das, I De Ghosh, A Chattopadhyay - Signal Processing: Image …, 2021 - Elsevier
Sclera recognition is a promising ocular biometric modality because of contact-less, gaze-
independent image acquisition in visible light. Moreover, it is unaffected even if the subjects …

Sclera-TransFuse: Fusing Swin Transformer and CNN for Accurate Sclera Segmentation

H Li, C Wang, G Zhao, Z He, Y Wang… - 2023 IEEE International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Sclera segmentation is a crucial step in sclera recognition, which has been greatly
advanced by Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs). However, when dealing with non …

A liveness detection system for sclera biometric applications

S Das, ID Ghosh… - International Journal of …, 2023 - inderscienceonline.com
Liveness detection systems are essential to test whether a biometric sample is from a live
person. However, liveness detection for sclera biometric applications has not yet been …

An efficient deep learning strategy: its application in sclera segmentation

S Das, I De Ghosh… - 2020 IEEE Applied Signal …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Neural networks require normalized inputs which are generally small floating point numbers.
Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) use filters that are applied to multiple layers of a …

BiOcularGAN: Bimodal synthesis and annotation of ocular images

D Tomašević, P Peer, V Štruc - 2022 IEEE International Joint …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Current state-of-the-art segmentation techniques for ocular images are critically dependent
on large-scale annotated datasets, which are labor-intensive to gather and often raise …