| AGE | advanced glycation end products |
| AF | autofluorescence |
| AFB | autofluorescence bronchoscopy |
| AFI | autofluorescence imaging |
| AU | arbitrary units |
| CFOME | confocal fiber-optic micro-endoscopy |
| CI | confidence interval |
| CKD | chronic kidney disease |
| COPD | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| DAFE | diagnostic autofluorescence endoscopy |
| ETMI | endoscopic trimodal imaging |
| ECM | extracellular matrix |
| FAD | flavin adenine dinucleotide |
| FH | functional heartburn |
| FLIM | fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy |
| GERD | gastroesophageal reflux disease |
| GOLD | global initiative for chronic obstructive lung disease |
| HRE | high resolution endoscopy |
| LDCT | low-dose computed tomography |
| MPT | multiphoton tomography |
| NAD(P)H | reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate |
| NBI | narrow band imaging |
| NERD | non-erosive reflux disease |
| NILT | near-infrared light transillumination |
| NIR | near-infrared |
| OTIS | overlay tissue imaging system |
| pCLE | probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy |
| PTG | parathyroid gland |
| UC | ulcerative colitis |
| RGB | red, green and blue |
| SAF | skin autofluorescence |
| SVE | standard white-light video endoscopy |
| SNP | single nucleotide polymorphism |
| WL | white light |
| WLB | white light bronchoscopy |
| WLE | white light endoscopy |