Cargando…
Tongue prints in biometric authentication: A pilot study
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: 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...
Autores principales: | , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
2017
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5406805/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28479712 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jomfp.JOMFP_185_15 |
_version_ | 1783232034841296896 |
---|---|
author | Jeddy, Nadeem Radhika, T Nithya, S |
author_facet | Jeddy, Nadeem Radhika, T Nithya, S |
author_sort | Jeddy, Nadeem |
collection | PubMed |
description | BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: 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. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study sample included twenty participants. The participants were subjected to visual examination following which digital photographs of the dorsal surface of the tongue were taken. Alginate impressions of the tongue were made, and casts were prepared using dental stone. The photographs and the casts were analyzed by two observers separately for the surface morphology including shape, presence or absence of fissures and its pattern of distribution. Three reference points were considered to determine the shape of the tongue. RESULTS: The most common morphological feature on the dorsum of the tongue was the presence of central fissures. Multiple vertical fissures were observed in males whereas single vertical fissure was a common finding in females. The fissures were predominantly shallow in males and deep in females. The tongue was predominantly U shaped in males and females. V-shaped tongue was observed in 25% of females. CONCLUSION: Tongue prints are useful in biometric authentication. The methodology used in the study is simple, easy and can be adopted by dentists on a regular basis. However, large-scale studies are required to validate the results and also identify other features of the tongue that can be used in forensics and biometric authentication process. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-5406805 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2017 |
publisher | Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-54068052017-05-05 Tongue prints in biometric authentication: A pilot study Jeddy, Nadeem Radhika, T Nithya, S J Oral Maxillofac Pathol Forensic Corner - Original Article BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: 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. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study sample included twenty participants. The participants were subjected to visual examination following which digital photographs of the dorsal surface of the tongue were taken. Alginate impressions of the tongue were made, and casts were prepared using dental stone. The photographs and the casts were analyzed by two observers separately for the surface morphology including shape, presence or absence of fissures and its pattern of distribution. Three reference points were considered to determine the shape of the tongue. RESULTS: The most common morphological feature on the dorsum of the tongue was the presence of central fissures. Multiple vertical fissures were observed in males whereas single vertical fissure was a common finding in females. The fissures were predominantly shallow in males and deep in females. The tongue was predominantly U shaped in males and females. V-shaped tongue was observed in 25% of females. CONCLUSION: Tongue prints are useful in biometric authentication. The methodology used in the study is simple, easy and can be adopted by dentists on a regular basis. However, large-scale studies are required to validate the results and also identify other features of the tongue that can be used in forensics and biometric authentication process. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5406805/ /pubmed/28479712 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jomfp.JOMFP_185_15 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Forensic Corner - Original Article Jeddy, Nadeem Radhika, T Nithya, S Tongue prints in biometric authentication: A pilot study |
title | Tongue prints in biometric authentication: A pilot study |
title_full | Tongue prints in biometric authentication: A pilot study |
title_fullStr | Tongue prints in biometric authentication: A pilot study |
title_full_unstemmed | Tongue prints in biometric authentication: A pilot study |
title_short | Tongue prints in biometric authentication: A pilot study |
title_sort | tongue prints in biometric authentication: a pilot study |
topic | Forensic Corner - Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5406805/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28479712 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jomfp.JOMFP_185_15 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT jeddynadeem tongueprintsinbiometricauthenticationapilotstudy AT radhikat tongueprintsinbiometricauthenticationapilotstudy AT nithyas tongueprintsinbiometricauthenticationapilotstudy |