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.