| API | Array Performance Indicator |
| CRB | Cramér-Rao Bound |
| DFT | Discrete Fourier Transform |
| DOA | Direction of Arrival |
| DOD | Direction of Departure |
| FIM | Fisher Information Matrix |
| FISTA | Fast Iterative Shrinkage/Thresholding Algorithm |
| FMC | Full Matrix Capture |
| PMF | Probability Mass Function |
| PSF | Point Spread Function |
| PWI | Plane Wave Imaging |
| Rx | Receiver or Reception |
| ROI | Region of Interest |
| SNR | Signal to Noise Ration |
| TFM | Total Focusing Method |
| Tx | Transmitter or Transmission |
| UCT | Ultrasound Computed Tomography |
| ULA | Uniform Linear Array |