Review Article
Year: 2020 | Month: April | Volume: 10 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 108-114
Tongue Scanning As a Biometric Tool: A Review Article
Mrunmayee Godbole1, Bindiya Narang2, Sangeeta Palaskar3, Swati Patil4, Anirudha R Bartake2
1Ex-Student(Passed out), Sinhgad Dental College And Hospital, Pune, India
2Reader, 3Professor & Head, 4Lecturer,
Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology, Sinhgad Dental College & Hospital Pune, India
Corresponding Author: Mrunmayee Godbole
ABSTRACT
Tongue is an essential internal organ, unaffected by the external environment as it is located well within the oral cavity. Dorsum of the tongue exhibits a great amount of information along with visual differences in shape, texture, and pattern. These patterns are characteristic of every individual and differ even between identical twins and they can be collectively called the ‘tongue print’. Tongue printing has not only come up as a novel biometric tool but can also be trusted upon as a powerful forensic tool. This review throws light on the distinctiveness of tongue prints.It also emphasizes its advantages over other biometric identification systems and highlights the various methods that can be used to extract features on the tongue.
Key words: Tongue print, biometric tool, tongue, features, reference point