| AF | Autofluorescence |
| ARF | Antiresonant Fiber |
| CCD | Charge Coupled Device |
| ECM | Extracellular Matrix |
| EVG | Elastica van Gieson |
| MEMS | Micro-Electromechanical Systems |
| MPM | Multiphoton microscopy |
| NA | Numerical Aperture |
| PBS | Polarization Beam Splitter |
| PMT | Photomultiplier Tube |
| ROI | Regions Of Interest |
| SHG | Second Harmonic Generation |
| THG | Third-Harmonic Generation |
| TIFF | Tagged Image File Format |
| TPEF | Two-Photon Excitation Fluorescence |
| UUO | Unilateral Ureteral Obstruction |
| UV | Ultraviolet |