ECG-Based Biometric Recognition: A Survey of Methods and Databases

• Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 25; no. 6; p. 1864
• Main Authors: Meltzer, David, Luengo, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 17.03.2025; MDPI
• Subjects: Algorithms; Biometric identification; Biometric Identification - methods; Biometrics; Biometry; Biometry - methods; Classification; Databases, Factual; ECG biometrics; ECG databases; Electrocardiogram; Electrocardiography; Electrocardiography - methods; Electrodes; Equipment and supplies; Feature selection; Humans; Identification; Methods; Physiology; Polls & surveys; Review; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; survey; verification; United States; New Jersey; Germany; Spain; survey; ECG databases; identification; ECG biometrics; verification

This work presents a comprehensive and chronologically ordered survey of existing studies and data sources on Electrocardiogram (ECG) based biometric recognition systems. This survey is organized in terms of the two main goals pursued in it: first, a description of the main ECG features and recognit...