Anti-EGFR Ab	Anti-epidermal growth factor receptor antibody
BBB	Blood-brain barrier
Cyto647	Cytochrome 647
EPR effect	Enhanced permeability and retention effect
FGF	Fibroblast growth factor
Fluo	Fluorescent imaging
FTIR	Fourier-transform infrared imaging
Gd	Gadolinium
GNC	Gold nanocage
GNP	Gold nanoparticle
GNP-Dox	GNP conjugated with doxorubicin
GNR	Gold nanorod
GNS	Gold nanosphere
GNSt	Gold nanostar
LRP-1	Low-density lipoprotein-receptor-related protein-1
MPM	Multiphoton microscopy
MPR	Magnetic resonance imaging–photoacoustic imaging–Raman imaging
MRgFUS	MRI-guided focused ultrasound
MRI	Magnetic resonance imaging
MUA	Mercapto-urodecanoic acid
NP	Nanoparticle
PAFC	Photoacoustic imaging
PAM	Photoacoustic microscopy
PEG	Polyethylene glycol
PFS	Progression-free survival
Pt4	Phthalocyanine 4
PTC	Photothermal cytometry
PVP	Poly(vinylpyrrolidone)
RADyK-GNC	Gold nanocage conjugated with protein RADyK
RADyK-GNSt	Gold nanostar conjugated with protein RADyK
RGDyK-GNSt	Gold nanostar conjugated with integrin RGDyK
SEM	Scanning electron microscopy
SERS	Surface-enhanced Raman scattering
SynCT	Synchrotron-based CT
TAT	Transactivator of transcription
TEM	Transmission electron microscopy
Tf	Transferrin
TXM	Tridimensional X-ray microscopy
5-ALA	5-aminolevulinic acid