| SWEI | Shear wave elasticity imaging |
| ARFI | Acoustic radiation force impulse |
| IQ | In-phase quadrature |
| SNR | Signal-to-noise ratio |
| CNR | Contrast-to-noise ratio |
| ROI | Region of interest |
| STD | Standard deviation |
| PSF | Point spread function |
| LSF | Line spread function |
| FWHM | Full width at half maximum |