该文在收集和阅读了与小波分形混合图象编码方法有关文献的基础上,对小波分形混合图象编码方法的研究现状和发展前景进行了尽可能全面和详细的评述.文中介绍了小波图象编码经过10年研究,主要算法已经基本成熟,并受到一些正在酝酿之中的图象编码国际标准的青睐,而分形图象编码尚处于学术研究阶段,并指出小波分形混合图象编码是分形图象编码从学术研究走向实际应用的出路之一.

This paper is a review of literatures about the methods of image coding combining wavelet and fractals. After collecting and reading a lot of papers on image coding combining wavelet and fractals, we present a complete and detailed review of this field, including its status and possible future. Through ten years of research, wavelet image coding has been ripe for practice and may be accepted by some international standards of image coding. These standards are expected to come soon. Fractal image coding, however, is still under academic research. Combination with wavelet image coding may be a way out for fractal image coding from academic research to practical application.