| AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| cMUT | capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer |
| COVID | Coronavirus Disease |
| DICOM | Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine |
| DL | Deep Learning |
| EFSUMB | European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology |
| EHR | Electronic Health Record |
| ESR | European Society for Radiology |
| FAST | Focused Assessment by Sonography in Trauma |
| GDPR | General Data Protection Regulation |
| HHUS | Handheld Ultrasound |
| HHUSD | Handheld Ultrasound Device |
| HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
| LLM | Large Language Models |
| NISV | Ordinance on Protection against Harmful Effects of Non-Ionizing Radiation in Human Applications |
| PACS | Picture Archiving and Communication System |
| pMUT | Piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducer |
| POCUS | Point-of-Care Ultrasound |
| ROHS | Restriction of Hazardous Substances |
| RUQ | Right upper quadrant (of the abdomen) |
| SWOT | Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats |
| US | Ultrasound |
| WEEE | Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment |
| WFUMB | World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology |