Beyond Mortality: Advancements in Post-Mortem Iris Recognition through Data Collection and Computer-Aided Forensic Examination

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2603.26976v1
• Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 20:39:35 GMT
• Title: Beyond Mortality: Advancements in Post-Mortem Iris Recognition through Data Collection and Computer-Aided Forensic Examination
• Abstract summary: This paper makes several unique contributions to mitigate barriers to progress in post-mortem iris recognition.<n>First, we offer a new dataset of NIR and visible-light iris images collected after demise from 259 subjects.<n>Second, the data has been collected before and after death, the first such case ever published.<n>Third, this study implements a model for detecting post-mortem iris images, which can be considered as presentation attacks.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Post-mortem iris recognition brings both hope to the forensic community (a short-term but accurate and fast means of verifying identity) as well as concerns to society (its potential illicit use in post-mortem impersonation). These hopes and concerns have grown along with the volume of research in post-mortem iris recognition. Barriers to further progress in post-mortem iris recognition include the difficult nature of data collection, and the resulting small number of approaches designed specifically for comparing iris images of deceased subjects. This paper makes several unique contributions to mitigate these barriers. First, we have collected and we offer a new dataset of NIR (compliant with ISO/IEC 19794-6 where possible) and visible-light iris images collected after demise from 259 subjects, with the largest PMI (post-mortem interval) being 1,674 hours. For one subject, the data has been collected before and after death, the first such case ever published. Second, the collected dataset was combined with publicly-available post-mortem samples to assess the current state of the art in automatic forensic iris recognition with five iris recognition methods and data originating from 338 deceased subjects. These experiments include analyses of how selected demographic factors influence recognition performance. Thirdly, this study implements a model for detecting post-mortem iris images, which can be considered as presentation attacks. Finally, we offer an open-source forensic tool integrating three post-mortem iris recognition methods with explainability elements added to make the comparison process more human-interpretable.

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