| 2HG | 2-hydroxyglutarate |
| 5-ALA | 5-aminolevulinic acid |
| Ala | alanine |
| ANOVA | analysis of variance |
| Arg | arginine |
| Asn | asparagine |
| Asp | aspartate/aspartic acid |
| ATP | adenosine triphosphate |
| Cho | choline |
| CPMG | Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill |
| Cr | creatine |
| ER | estrogen receptor |
| EOC | epithelial ovarian carcinoma |
| ERETIC | electronic reference to in vivo concentrations |
| FMW | focused microwave |
| FOBT | fecal occult blood testing |
| GABA | gamma-aminobutyric acid |
| GBM | glioblastoma multiforme |
| Gln | glutamine |
| Glu | glutamate/glutamic acid |
| Gly | glycine |
| Glx | glutamate and glutamine |
| GPC | glycerophosphocholine |
| HDAC | histone deacetylases |
| HER-2/neu | human epidermal growth factor receptor-2/neu |
| HPC | hemangiopericytomas |
| HRMAS | high resolution magic angle spinning |
| Ile | isoleucine |
| Lac | lactate |
| LDA | linear discriminant analysis |
| Leu | leucine |
| Lys | lysine |
| Man | mannitol |
| MCI | m-Ino to tCho index |
| MEN1 | multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome, type 1 |
| Met | methionine |
| MM | macromolecule |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| MRS | magnetic resonance spectroscopy |
| m-Ino | myo-Inositol |
| NAA | N-acetyl-aspartate |
| NMR | nuclear magnetic resonance |
| OPLS-DA | orthogonal partial least square discriminant analysis |
| PC | principal component |
| PCA | principal component analysis |
| PChol | phosphocholine |
| PCr | phosphocreatine |
| PCR | polymerase chain reaction |
| PE | phosphoethanolamine |
| Phe | phenylalanine |
| PI3K | phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase |
| PLS-DA | partial least squares discriminant analysis |
| Ppm | parts per million |
| PR | Progesterone receptor |
| PRESS | point resolved spectroscopy |
| Pro | proline |
| PSA | prostate specific antigen |
| RIN | RNA integrity number |
| s-Ino | scyllo-Inositol |
| SDHx | succinate dehydrogenase gene |
| Ser | serine |
| T | tesla |
| Tau | taurine |
| TIC | tumor-initiating cells |
| TNBC | triple negative breast cancer |
| TPBC | triple positive breast cancer |
| Tyr | tyrosine |
| Val | valine |
| WHO | World Health Organization |