Target tracking is one of the most challenging topics in computer vision field. Firstly, the development of target tracking technology is reviewed and the general process of target tracking is summarized. Secondly, the advantages and disadvantages of traditional target tracking methods based on Kalman filter and particle filter are analyzed. Thirdly, the fixed window correlation filter target tracking methods and high-performance adaptive full network target tracking methods are successively highlighted. Finally, the applications of target tracking in infrared, millimeter wave and terahertz radiation band are summarized, and multi-band fusion target tracking is forecasted.