| CARS | Coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering |
| CRM | Confocal Raman spectroscopy |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| FT | Fourier transformation |
| GAGs | Glycosaminoglycans |
| NIR | Raman near-infrared |
| ROA | Raman optical activity |
| RS | Raman spectroscopy |
| RRS | Raman resonance scattering |
| SORS | Spatially offset Raman spectroscopy |
| PLS-DA | Partial least-squares discriminant analysis |