There are provided a vein pattern management system, a vein pattern registration apparatus, a vein pattern authentication apparatus, a vein pattern registration method, a vein pattern authentication method, a program, and a vein data configuration that can determine presence of a pseudo-vein pattern intentionally formed on a body surface.;An imaging unit capturing images of the body surface of a portion of a living body with near-infrared light and visible light and generating near-infrared light imaging data and visible light imaging data, respectively, a vein pattern extraction unit extracting vein patterns from the near-infrared light imaging data and the visible light imaging data to generate a near-infrared light vein pattern and a visible light vein pattern, respectively, and a pseudo-vein pattern determination unit determining presence of a pseudo-vein pattern intentionally formed on a part of the captured body surface by comparing the near-infrared light vein pattern and the visible light vein pattern are provided.
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