retinal scanning

Definitions of retinal scanning
  1. noun
    biometric identification by scanning the retina of the eye
    “identification by retinal scanning is complicated by eye movements”
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    type of:
    biometric authentication, biometric identification, identity verification
    the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics
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