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From: ImageAnalyst <imageanalyst@mailinator.com>
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Subject: Re: New Iris Recognition Results
Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 19:40:48 -0700 (PDT)
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On May 17, 7:50 pm, "Nicolaie Popescu-Bodorin"
<freeseosub...@yah00.com> wrote:
> Hello ImageAnalyst,
[snip]
 Iris similarity is measured using Hamming distance.
>
[snip]
> Regards,
> Bodorin
>
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Can you expain why Hamming distance is used to compare the "test"
image to the "template" iris image?  What advantages does that have
over other image comparison methods such as PSNR, cross correlation,
or similar kinds of things?