| CM | Contrast medium |
| COPD | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| Fx | Fracture |
| MARS | Metal artifact reduction sequence |
| mDIXON | Modified DIXON |
| MSSA | Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus |
| NSA | Number of signal averages |
| OM | Osteomyelitis |
| PAD | Peripheral artery disease |
| PI | Parallel imaging |
| PDw | Proton density-weighted |
| SPIR | Spectral presaturation with inversion recovery |
| STIR | Short Tau Inversion Recovery |
| TSE | Turbo spin echo |
| T1w | T1-weighted |
| T2w | T2-weighted |