retinal scan

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1. A technology for the identification of individuals that depends on the uniqueness of the pattern of blood vessels in the retinas of people's eyes.

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Retinal scans are one means of identification that developed rapidly following the September 11 attacks (2001).

Example Sentences

Teachers participating in the program who choose not to carry the gun on their person would be required to store it in a biometric gun safe, which uses unique biological data such as a fingerprint or retinal scan to verify the owner’s identity.

From Seattle Times

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

Fekrat’s and the Duke team’s vision is for a cheap and accessible retinal scan that could identify warning signs for various neurodegenerative diseases at the same time.

From Washington Post

Some systems can already detect early signs of cancer that might be missed by a radiologist or see things that are simply beyond human capacity—such as assessing cardiovascular risk from a retinal scan.

From Nature

The system identifies signs of eye disease in an OCT retinal scan and then decides the urgency with which a person should see a specialist.

From Nature