retinal scan
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Retinal scans are one means of identification that developed rapidly following the September 11 attacks (2001).
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On “Soulmates,” last year’s anthology series on AMC, your data is uploaded via a painless retinal scan, but the life partner payoff remains the same.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2021
Google research scientist Lily Peng, a physician, led a team that developed a machine learning algorithm to diagnose a patient’s risk of diabetic retinopathy from a retinal scan.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 13, 2018
Clear uses both live scan fingerprints and a retinal scan.
From Forbes ● Dec. 4, 2014
But Osama bin Laden is unlikely to have sat still for a retinal scan while he was alive in order to provide a comparison image.
From Scientific American ● May 2, 2011
A battered customer-service kiosk stood just inside the door, and after a quick retinal scan it spat out my ticket.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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