Abstract
Cataract is a common ophthalmic disorder and the leading cause of blindness worldwide. While cataract is cured via surgical procedures, its impact on iris based biometric recognition has not been effectively studied. The key objective of this research is to assess the effect of cataract surgery on the iris texture pattern as a means of personal authentication. We prepare and release the IIITD Cataract Surgery Database (CaSD) captured from 132 cataract patients using three commercial iris sensors. A non-comparative non-randomized cohort study is performed on the iris texture patterns in CaSD and authentication performance is studied using three biometric recognition systems. Performance is lower when matching pre-operative images to post-operative images (74.69 ± 9.77%) as compared to matching pre-operative images to pre-operative images (93.42 ± 1.76%). 100% recognition performance is observed on a control-group of healthy irises from 68 subjects. Authentication performance improves if cataract affected subjects are re-enrolled in the system, though re-enrollment does not ensure performance at par with pre-operative scenarios (86.67 ± 5.64%). The results indicate that cataract surgery affects the discriminative nature of the iris texture pattern. This finding raises concerns about the reliability of iris-based biometric recognition systems in the context of subjects undergoing cataract surgery.
Highlights
IntroductionBiometric recognition methods (i.e. use of distinct physiological or behavioral characteristics to uniquely identify individuals), including the usage of iris texture patterns, are being integrated into large-scale authentication systems
In recent years, biometric recognition methods, including the usage of iris texture patterns, are being integrated into large-scale authentication systems
We study the recognition performance of several commercial iris biometric recognition systems to gain a better understanding of how surgical intervention for cataract may affect iris recognition performance in large-scale biometric recognition systems
Summary
Biometric recognition methods (i.e. use of distinct physiological or behavioral characteristics to uniquely identify individuals), including the usage of iris texture patterns, are being integrated into large-scale authentication systems. Methods in the literature[14,15,16] have previously studied the effect of cataract surgery on the iris pattern. Roizenblatt et al.[14] first studied the effect of cataract surgery on patients in a study conducted in South America and found that surgical intervention affects iris biometric recognition. These studies do not point towards a consensus on the effect of cataract surgery on iris biometric recognition. We study the recognition performance of several commercial iris biometric recognition systems to gain a better understanding of how surgical intervention for cataract may affect iris recognition performance in large-scale biometric recognition systems
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