摘要： 介绍了遥感图像数据的关联规则挖掘方法。对目前图像数据挖掘的研究及应用现状进行了综述。介绍了图像数据关联规则挖掘的最新进展，总结了图像数据关联规则挖掘的特点、类型及图像数据预处理的技术方法。

关键词: 数据挖掘；关联规则；图像数据库；数据预处理

Abstract: This paper describes the methods of data mining by means of association rules. An overview about applications of these methods in image data mining is also given. Meanwhile, the features, categories and preprocessing using association rules for image data mining are summarized.

Key words: Data mining; Association rule; Image databases; Data preprocessing