For technicians, practitioners, and general readers, Wilson, who has worked in information technology for many years and manages an identity verification business, examines the emergence of
vein pattern recognition in biometrics, its capabilities and benefits, current and emerging technology, applications, and comparison to different biometric methods like fingerprint, eye, face,
voice recognition, and dynamic signature verification. He discusses how biometric templates are created, processed, and stored, the stages of the biometric process, and the role of smart cards;
issues like privacy; uses to protect sensitive information and secure facilities, including in the Japanese banking industry; standards and testing; multibiometric systems; and planning a
system. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
