中文摘要：

该文是关于中国图像工程的年度文献综述系列之十二。为了使国内广大从事图像工程研究和图像技术应用的科技人员能够较全面地了解国内图像工程研究和发展的现状，并能够方便地查询有关文献，现从2006年国内15种有关图像工程重要中文期刊的共112期上发表的3013篇学术研究和技术应用文献中，选取出711篇属于图像工程领域的文献，并根据各文献的主要内容将其分别归入图像处理、图像分析、图像理解、技术应用和综述5个大类，然后进一步分入23个专业小类（与去年相同）。在此基础上还对这些文献进行了统计和分析。根据统计分析结果可看到我国图像工程在2006年许多新进展的情况。特别值得指出的是，在上述15种期刊上所发表的图像工程文献数量在2006年达到历史最高，显示了图像工程研究在中国继续发展的趋势。

英文摘要：

This is the twelfth paper in the survey series of annual bibliographies on image engineering in China. The purpose of this survey is mainly to capture the up-to-date development of image engineering in China and to provide a review which facilitates a quick transition for resear-chers and editors in related areas. Considering the wide distribution of related publications in China, 711 references on image engineering research and technique are selected carefully from 3013 research papers published in 112 issues of a set of 15 Chinese journals. These 15 journals are considered as important journals in which papers concerning image engineering have higher quality and are relatively concentrated. Those selected references are classified firstly into 5 categories （image processing, image analysis, image understanding, technique application and survey） , and then into 23 specialized classes according to their main contents （same as last year）. Some analysis and discussions about the statistical methods we used in the process of classifications by journal and by category are also presented. This work shows a general and off-the-shelf picture of the various progresses of image engineering in China. It should be pointed out particularly that, in 2006 the number of research papers for image engineering, published in the above 15 journals entered a new stage in the history. The results indicate the tendency of continuing development of image engineering in China.