| AD | axial diffusivity |
| CPM | central pontine myelinolysis |
| DTI | diffusion tensor imaging |
| EPI | echo-planar imaging |
| EPM | extrapontine myelinolysis |
| FA | fractional anisotropy |
| FDR | false discovery rate |
| IQR | interquartile range |
| JHU | Johns Hopkins University |
| MD | mean diffusivity |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| ODS | osmotic demyelination syndrome |
| RD | radial diffusivity |
| ROI | region of interest |
| WM | white matter |