| Blc | bacterial lipocalin |
| BODIPY | 4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene |
| CTPE | chemogenetic tag with probe exchange |
| DFHBI | difluoro-4-hydroxybenzylidene imidazolinone |
| DFHBI-1T | 3,5-difluoro-4-hydroxybenzylidene-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl imidazolinone |
| DiB | dye in Blc |
| dSTORM | direct STORM |
| FAP | fluorogen-activating protein |
| FPs | fluorescent proteins |
| GFP | green fluorescent protein |
| HBR-DOM | 4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxybenzylidene rhodanine |
| HMBR | 4-hydroxy-3-methylbenzylidene rhodanine |
| IRIS | image reconstruction by integrating exchangeable single-molecule localization |
| KECs | K/E-coils |
| MAPs | microtubule-associated proteins |
| MG-ester | malachite green ester |
| PAINT | point accumulation for imaging in nanoscale topography |
| PALM | photoactivated localization microscopy |
| PSF | point spread function |
| PYP | photoactive yellow protein |
| qPAINT | quantitative PAINT |
| RhoBAST | rhodamine-binding aptamer for super-resolution imaging techniques |
| scFv | single-chain antibodies |
| SiR | silicon-rhodamine |
| SMLM | single-molecule localization microscopy |
| SOFI | super-resolution optical fluctuation imaging |
| SRRF | super-resolution radial fluctuations |
| STED | stimulated emission depletion |
| STORM | stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy |
| TIRF | total internal reflection fluorescence |
| tPAINT | tension PAINT |
| TTDOM | time distribution optical microscopy |
| uPAINT | universal PAINT |
| Y-FAST | yellow fluorescence-activating and absorption-shifting tag |