| CFRP | Carbon fiber-reinforced polymer |
| GFRP | Glass fiber-reinforced polymer |
| NDT | Non-destructive testing |
| IRT | Infrared thermography |
| UT | Ultrasonic testing |
| PT | Pulsed thermography |
| VT | Vibrothermography |
| PCT | Principal component thermography |
| PPT | Pulsed phase thermography |
| CIS | Cold image subtraction |
| EOF | Empirical orthogonal function |
| SNR | Signal-to-noise ratio |