| AE | Autoencoder |
| AOI | Automatic optical inspection |
| CAE | Convolutional autoencoder |
| CCD | Charge coupled device |
| CDAE | Convolutional denoising autoencoder |
| DCT | Discrete cosine transform |
| GPU | Graphics processing unit |
| MSCDAE | Multi-scale convolutional denoising autoencoder |
| NLSR | Nonlocal sparse representation |
| PCA | Principal component analysis |
| PHOT | Phase only transform |
| WLD | Weber local descriptor |