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. 2025 Mar 22;13(4):775. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines13040775
18F Fluorine-18
68Ga Gallium-68
%IA Percent injected activity
%IA/cc Percent injected activity per cubic centimeter of tissue
%ID/cc Percentage injected dose per cubic centimeter
% ID/g Percentage injected dose per gram
αSMA α-smooth muscle actin
AL Systemic amyloid light chain
AL CA Systemic amyloid light chain cardiac amyloidosis
ASUV Average standardized uptake value
ASUVmax/B Ratio of maximum average standardized uptake value to the background
ASUVmean/B Ratio of mean average standardized uptake value to the background
CD Crohn’s disease
CDAI Crohn’s disease activity index
CDEIS Crohn’s disease endoscopy index of severity
CMR Cardiac magnetic resonance
CRP C-reactive protein
CTE Computed tomography enterography
DLCO Diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide
DOTA-LM3 Dotatate-LM3
ESR Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
FAP Fibroblast activation protein
FAPi Fibroblast activation protein inhibitor
FAPi PET/CT Fibroblast activation protein inhibitor positron emission tomography/computed tomography
FAV Fibrotic active volume
FCP Fecal calprotectin
FDG Fluoro- D-glucose
fILD Fibrotic interstitial lung disease
FVC Forced vital capacity
GGO Ground-glass opacity
HR High resolution
HRCT High-resolution computed tomography
HSCs Hepatic stellate cells
HU Hounsfield unit
IBD Inflammatory bowel disease
IgG4 Immunoglobulin G4
ILDs Interstitial lung diseases
IMIDs Immune-mediated inflammatory diseases
IPF Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
LBR Lesion-to-back ratio
LV Left ventricle
LVV Large vessel vasculitis
MAV Metabolism activation volume
MDPI Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
MPGN Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
MRI Magnetic resonance imaging
MSCs Mesenchymal stroma cells
MTI Magnetization transfer magnetic resonance imaging
MTR Magnetization transfer ratio
PET/CT Positron emission tomography/computed tomography
RT-qPCR RT-qPCR: real-time quantitative PCR
SES-CD Simple endoscopic score for Crohn’s disease
SSTR Somatostatin receptor
SUV Standardized uptake value
SUVmax Maximum standardized uptake value
SUVmean Mean standardized uptake value
TBR Target to back ratio
TL Total lesion
VOI Volume of interest