| PDT | Photodynamic therapy |
| iPDT | Intraoperative photodynamic therapy |
| V-PDT | Vascular-targeted photodynamic therapy |
| PD | Photodynamic diagnostics |
| PS | Photosensitizer |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| 5-ALA | 5-aminolevulinic acid |
| PpIX | Protoporphyrin IX |
| Ce6 | Chlorin e6 |
| HAL | hexyl aminolevulinate |
| TRSO | Tumor reactive singlet oxygen |
| GPU | Graphics processing unit |
| PU | Perfusion units |
| OCT | Optical coherence tomography |
| LSCI | Laser speckle contrast imaging |
| LSI | Laser speckle imaging |
| PWSs | Port wine stains |