| AI | artificial intelligence |
| CCD | charge-coupled device |
| CT | computed tomography |
| ECM | extracellular matrix |
| GMM | Gaussian mixture model |
| HA | hyaluronic acid |
| HE | hematoxylin and eosin |
| MT | Masson’s trichrome |
| PCA | principal component analysis |
| SAM | senescence-accelerated mice |
| SVD | singular-value decomposition |
| TMD | tissue mineral density |
| TMJ | temporomandibular joint |
| UMAP | uniform manifold approximation and projection |