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==========================
 VERA Fingervein Database
==========================

The `VERA Fingervein Database <https://www.idiap.ch/dataset/vera-fingervein>`_
for finger vein recognition consists of 440 images from 110 clients.
This database was produced at the `Idiap Research Institute
<http://www.idiap.ch>`_, in Switzerland.

If you use this database in your publication, please cite the following paper
on your references:

.. code-block:: latex

  @inproceedings{Tome_IEEEBIOSIG2014,
    author = {Tome, Pedro and Vanoni, Matthias and Marcel, S{\'{e}}bastien},
    keywords = {Biometrics, Finger vein, Spoofing Attacks},
    month = sep,
    title = {On the Vulnerability of Finger Vein Recognition to Spoofing},
    booktitle = {IEEE International Conference of the Biometrics Special Interest Group (BIOSIG)},
    year = {2014},
    location = {Darmstadt, Germay},
    url = {http://publications.idiap.ch/index.php/publications/show/2910}
  }


Documentation
-------------

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   guide
   py_api

Indices and tables
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* :ref:`genindex`
* :ref:`modindex`
* :ref:`search`