| CCL | cell coupled linac |
| FWHM | full width at half maximum |
| hFWHM | horizontal full width at half maximum |
| LIGHT | Linac For Image Guided Hadron Therapy |
| linac | linear accelerator |
| PBS | pencil beam scanning |
| pMBRT | proton minibeam radiation therapy |
| RFQ | radio frequency quadrupole |
| SAD | source-to-axis distance |
| SCDTL | side coupled drift tube linac |
| vFWHM | vertical full width at half maximum |