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Right now I embed images like that:

\begin{figure}[htb]
    \centering 
    \includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{images/some.pdf}
    \caption[Description in LOF, taken from~\cite{source}]{Caption for Image}
    \label{fig:sample_image}
\end{figure}

Using \listoffigures and hyperref this provides a nice list with every entry linked to the image position. As a requirement the source of the image has to be mentioned in the listoffigures it would be convenient to have the images or their caption linked to the matching entry so see the source without scrolling down the whole pdf.

So how do I link images to their entry in list of figures?

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If I understood your question correctly, you could use the \hyperlink, \hypertarget mechanism provided by hyperref; a little example:

\begin{filecontents*}{mybib.bib}
@book{goossens93,
    author = "Michel Goossens and Frank Mittlebach and Alexander Samarin",
    title = "The Latex Companion A",
    year = "1993",
    publisher = "Addison-Wesley",
    address = "Reading, Massachusetts"
}    
\end{filecontents*}

\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\usepackage{hyperref}

\newcounter{mycntr}
\makeatletter
\newcommand\LCaption{%
  \stepcounter{mycntr}\@dblarg\@LCaption}
\def\@LCaption[#1]#2{%
  \caption[\protect\hypertarget{image\themycntr}{#1}]%
    {\hyperlink{image\themycntr}{#2}}}
\makeatother

\begin{document}
\listoffigures

\begin{figure}[htb]
    \centering 
    \includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{images/some.pdf}
    \LCaption[Description in LOF, taken from~\cite{goossens93}]{Caption for Image}
    \label{fig:sample_image}
\end{figure}

\bibliographystyle{plain}
\bibliography{mybib}

\end{document}

EDIT: I updated my answer with an improved version of \LCaption suggested by egreg. This version works like the original \caption command with respect to a missing optional argument: calling \LCaption{Caption} will write "Caption" also in the list of figures; \LCaption[Short]{Long caption} will write "Short" in the list of figures.

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  • This works fine for me, as there are only a few figures to add the links manually. For existing documents with some dozens of figures it might be a job for a script or a macro.
    – mbx
    Jul 28, 2011 at 0:48
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    @mbx: of course, you can easily define a command: something like \newcommand\LCaption[3][]{\caption[\protect\hypertarget{#3}{#1}]{\hyperlink{#3}{#2}}} and then use \LCaption[Description in LOF, taken from~\cite{goossens93}]{Caption for Image}{sample} intead of \caption inside the figure environment.
    – Gonzalo Medina
    Jul 28, 2011 at 0:56
  • @mbx: see my updated answer.
    – Gonzalo Medina
    Jul 28, 2011 at 12:49
  • Nice piece of work, both of you. Works perfectly. Now it's really easy to add this feature even to existing papers.
    – mbx
    Jul 28, 2011 at 19:08
  • Just for completeness: Just found a minor (as nearly irrelevant) drawback when using TeXnicCenter2. The object view now cannot parse the caption and uses the label name instead. Maybe other GUI editors are affected as well. Not an issue to me :-)
    – mbx
    Jul 28, 2011 at 19:41

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