Smita Khairnar1,2, Shilpa Gite1,3,*, Biswajeet Pradhan4,*, Sudeep D. Thepade2,5, Abdullah Alamri6
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.143, No.3, pp. 3677-3707, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2025.058855
- 30 June 2025
Abstract Face liveness detection is essential for securing biometric authentication systems against spoofing attacks, including printed photos, replay videos, and 3D masks. This study systematically evaluates pre-trained CNN models— DenseNet201, VGG16, InceptionV3, ResNet50, VGG19, MobileNetV2, Xception, and InceptionResNetV2—leveraging transfer learning and fine-tuning to enhance liveness detection performance. The models were trained and tested on NUAA and Replay-Attack datasets, with cross-dataset generalization validated on SiW-MV2 to assess real-world adaptability. Performance was evaluated using accuracy, precision, recall, FAR, FRR, HTER, and specialized spoof detection metrics (APCER, NPCER, ACER). Fine-tuning significantly improved detection accuracy, with DenseNet201 achieving the highest… More >
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