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[2] [2] R. O. Esenaliev, A. A. Oraevsky, V. S. Letokhov, A. A. Karabutov, T. V. Malinsky, "Studies of acoustical and shock waves in the pulsed laser ablation of biotissue," Lasers Surg. Med. 13, 470-484 (1993).

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[4] [4] R. O. Esenaliev, O. A. Golovlyova, V. V. Golovlyov, V. S. Letokhov, "Effect on erythrocytes of acoustic waves generated upon absorption of laser radiation," Lasers Life Sci. 6(3), 153-161 (1994).

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[6] [6] A. A. Oraevsky, S. L. Jacques, R. O. Esenaliev, F. K. Tittel, "Mechanism of precise tissue ablation with minimal side effects (under confined stress conditions of irradiation)," SPIE Proc. 2323, 38-42 (1994).

[7] [7] A. A. Oraevsky, R. O. Esenaliev, S. L. Jacques, F. K. Tittel, "Laser flash photography of cold cavitation-driven ablation in tissues," SPIE Proc. 2391, 300-307 (1995).

[8] [8] R. O. Esenaliev, A. A. Oraevsky, M. Motamedi, S. Rastegar, F. K. Tittel, "Mechanism of dyeenhanced enamel ablation by Alexandrite laser radiation," SPIE Proc. 2391, 327-335 (1995).

[9] [9] A. A. Oraevsky, S. L. Jacques, R. O. Esenaliev, F. K. Tittel, "Pulsed laser ablation of soft tissues, gels and aqueous solutions at temperatures below 100 C," Lasers Surg. Med. 18, 231-240 (1996).

[10] [10] R. O. Esenaliev, A. A. Oraevsky, S. Rastegar, C. Frederickson, M. Motamedi, "Mechanism of dye-enhanced pulsed laser ablation of hard tissues: Implication for dentistry," IEEE J. Select. Topics Quant. Electron.: Lasers Med. Biol. 2(4), 836-846 (1996).

[11] [11] R. O. Esenaliev, S. L. Jacques, "Transient and permanent cavitation in collagen gels by laserinduced thermoelastic pressure waves," SPIE Proc. 2681, 185-193 (1996).

[12] [12] R. O. Esenaliev, A. A. Oraevsky, S. L. Jacques, F. K. Tittel, "Effect of tensile stress amplitude and temporal characteristics on threshold of cavitationdriven ablation," SPIE Proc. 2681, 326-333 (1996).

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[16] [16] A. A. Oraevsky, S. L. Jacques, R. O. Esenaliev, F. K. Tittel, "Direct measurement of laser fluence distribution and optoacoustic imaging in heterogeneous tissues," SPIE Proc. 2323, 250-261 (1994).

[17] [17] A. A. Oraevsky, R. O. Esenaliev, S. L. Jacques, S. Thomsen, F. K. Tittel, "Lateral and z-axial resolution in laser optoacoustic imaging with ultrasonic transducers," SPIE Proc. 2389, 198-208 (1995).

[18] [18] A. A. Oraevsky, R. O. Esenaliev, S. L. Jacques, F. K. Tittel, "Breast cancer diagnostics by laser optoacoustic tomography," in Advances in Optical Imaging and Photon Migration (Optical Society of America, Washington DC, 1996), pp. 160-162.

[19] [19] A. A. Oraevsky, R. O. Esenaliev, S. L. Jacques, F. K. Tittel, "Breast cancer diagnostics by laser optoacoustic tomography," in Advances in Optical Imaging and Photon Migration (Academic Press, 1996), pp. 316-321.

[20] [20] A. A.Oraevsky, R. O. Esenaliev,M. R. Ostermeyer, L. Wang, S. L. Jacques, F. K. Tittel, "Laser optoacoustic imaging of highly scattering media: Comparison of experimental results and Monte Carlo simulations," SPIE Proc. 2681, 277-284 (1996).

[21] [21] A. A. Oraevsky, R. O. Esenaliev, S. L. Jacques, F. K. Tittel, "Laser optoacoustic tomography for medical diagnostics: Principles," SPIE Proc. 2676, 22-31 (1996).

[22] [22] R. O. Esenaliev, A. A. Oraevsky, S. L. Jacques, F. K. Tittel, "Laser optoacoustic tomography for medical diagnostics: Experiments on biological tissues," SPIE Proc. 2676, 84-90 (1996).

[23] [23] A. A. Oraevsky, R. O. Esenaliev, A. A. Karabutov, "Laser optoacoustic imaging in layered tissue: Signal processing," SPIE Proc. 2979, 59-70 (1997).

[24] [24] A. A. Oraevsky, S. L. Jacques, R. O. Esenaliev, F. K. Tittel, "Time-resolved optoacoustic imaging in layered biological tissues," in Advances in Optical Imaging and Photon Migration, Vol. 21 (Academic Press, 1994), pp. 161-165.

[25] [25] L.-H. Wang, S. L. Jacques, L.-Q. Zheng, "MCML — Monte Carlo modeling of photon transport in multilayered tissues," Comp. Methods Programs Biomed. 47, 131-146 (1995).

[26] [26] R. O. Esenaliev, A. A. Karabutov, A. A. Oraevsky, "Sensitivity of laser optoacoustic imaging in detection of small deeply embedded tumors," IEEE J. Select. Topics Quant. Electron.: Lasers Med. Biol. 5(4), 981-988 (1999).

[27] [27] R. O. Esenaliev, A. A. Karabutov, F. K. Tittel, B. D. Fornage, S. L. Thomsen, C. Stelling, A. A. Oraevsky, "Laser optoacoustic imaging for breast cancer diagnostics: Limit of detection and comparison with X-ray and ultrasound imaging," SPIE Proc. 2979, 71-82 (1997).

[28] [28] K. V. Larin, O. Hartrumpf, I. V. Larina, R. O. Esenaliev, "Comparison of optoacoustic tomography with ultrasound and X-ray imaging for breast cancer detection," SPIE Proc. 4256, 147-153 (2001).

[29] [29] R. O. Esenaliev, H. Alma, F. K. Tittel, A. A. Oraevsky, "Axial resolution of laser optoacoustic imaging: Influence of acoustic attenuation and diffraction," SPIE Proc. 3254, 294-301 (1998).

[30] [30] R. O. Esenaliev, K. V. Larin, I. V. Larina, M. Motamedi, A. A. Oraevsky, "Optical properties of normal and coagulated tissues: Measurements using combination of optoacoustic and diffuse reflectance techniques," SPIE Proc. 3726, 560-566 (1998).

[31] [31] R. O. Esenaliev, A. A. Oraevsky, K. V. Larin, I. V. Larina, M. Motamedi, "Real-time optoacoustic monitoring of temperature in tissues," SPIE Proc. 3601, 268-275 (1999).

[32] [32] R. O. Esenaliev, I. V. Larina, K. V. Larin, M. Motamedi, A. A. Karabutov, A. A. Oraevsky, "Laser optoacoustic technique for real-time measurement of thermal damage in tissues," SPIE Proc. 3594, 101-113 (1999).

[33] [33] I. V. Larina, K. V. Larin, M. Motamedi, R. O. Esenaliev, "Optoacoustic monitoring of freezing and hypothermia of tissue and tissue phantoms," SPIE Proc. 4001, 361-367 (2000).

[34] [34] R. O. Esenaliev, I. V. Larina, K. V. Larin, M. Motamedi, "Real-time optoacoustic monitoring during thermotherapy," SPIE Proc. 3916, 302-310 (2000).

[35] [35] K. V. Larin, I. V. Larina, M. Motamedi, R. O. Esenaliev, "Monitoring of temperature distribution with optoacoustic technique in real time," SPIE Proc. 3916, 311-321 (2000).

[36] [36] K. V. Larin, I. V. Larina, M. Motamedi, R. O. Esenaliev, "Optoacoustic laser monitoring of cooling and freezing of tissues," Quant. Electron. 32(11), 953-958 (2002).

[37] [37] I. V. Larina, K. V. Larin, R. O. Esenaliev, "Realtime optoacoustic monitoring of temperature in tissues," J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 38(15), 2633-2639 (2005).

[38] [38] K. V. Larin, I. V. Larina, R. O. Esenaliev, "Monitoring of tissue coagulation during thermotherapy using optoacoustic technique," J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 38(15), 2645-2653 (2005).

[39] [39] R. O. Esenaliev, "Application of light and ultrasound for medical diagnostics and treatment," (Invited Review), SPIE Publ. 4707, 158-164 (2002).

[40] [40] R. O. Esenaliev, "Novel optical and ultrasound techniques for biomedicine," (Invited Review), SPIE Publ. 5068, 217-221 (2003).

[41] [41] R. O. Esenaliev, "Interaction of radiation with microparticles for enhancement of drug delivery in tumors," SPIE Publ. 3601, 166-176 (1999).

[42] [42] R. O. Esenaliev, "Radiation and nanoparticles for enhancement of drug delivery in solid tumors," US Patent #6,165,440.

[43] [43] R. O. Esenaliev, I. V. Larina, K. V. Larin, M. Motamedi, B. M. Evers, "Mechanism of laserinduced drug delivery in tumors," SPIE Proc. 3914, 188-196 (2000).

[44] [44] R. O. Esenaliev, Y. Y. Petrov, I. Cicenaite, O. V. Chumakova, I. Y. Petrova, I. Patrikeev, A. Liopo, "Real-time noninvasive optoacoustic monitoring of nanoparticle-mediated photothermal therapy of tumors," SPIE Proc. # 6437-0Q (2007).

[45] [45] R. O. Esenaliev, I. V. Larina, K. V. Larin, D. E. Deyo, M. Motamedi, D. S. Prough, "Optoacoustic technique for noninvasive monitoring of blood oxygenation: A feasibility study," Appl. Optics 41(22), 4722-4731 (2002).

[46] [46] R. O. Esenaliev, Y. Y. Petrov, O. Hartrumpf, D. E. Deyo, D. S. Prough, "Continuous, noninvasive monitoring of total hemoglobin concentration by an optoacoustic technique," Appl. Optics 43(17), 3401-3407 (2004).

[47] [47] Y. Y. Petrov, D. S. Prough, D. E. Deyo, M. Klasing, M. Motamedi, R. O. Esenaliev, "Optoacoustic, noninvasive, real-time, continuous monitoring of cerebral blood oxygenation: An in vivo study in sheep," Anesthesiology 102(1), 69 75 (2005). (The article is featured in "This Month in Anesthesiology".)

[48] [48] I. Y. Petrova, R. O. Esenaliev, Y. Y. Petrov, H.-P. F. Brecht, C. H. Svensen, J. Olsson, D. J. Deyo, D. S. Prough, "Optoacoustic monitoring of blood hemoglobin concentration: A pilot clinical study," Optics Lett. 30(13), 1677-1679 (2005).

[49] [49] Y. Y. Petrov, I. Y. Petrova, I. A. Patrikeev, R. O. Esenaliev, D. S. Prough, "Multiwavelength optoacoustic system for noninvasive monitoring of cerebral venous oxygenation: A pilot clinical test in the internal jugular vein," Optics Lett. 31(12) 1827-1829 (2006).

[50] [50] I. Patrikeev, Y. Y. Petrov, I. Y. Petrova, D. S. Prough, R. O. Esenaliev, "Monte Carlo modeling of optoacoustic signals from human internal jugular veins," Appl. Optics 46(21), 4820-4827 (2007).

[51] [51] H. P. Brecht, D. Prough, I. Patrikeev, D. Deyo, Y. Petrov, I. Cicenaite, R. Esenaliev, "In vivo monitoring of blood oxygenation in large veins with a triple-wavelength optoacoustic system," Optics Exp. 15(24), 16,261-16,269 (2007).

[52] [52] I. Y. Petrova, Y. Y. Petrov, R. O. Esenaliev, D. E. Deyo, I. Cicenaite, D. S. Prough, "Noninvasive monitoring of cerebral blood oxygenation in ovine superior sagittal sinus with novel multi-wavelength optoacoustic system," Optics Exp. 17(9), 7285-7294 (2009).

[53] [53] R. O. Esenaliev, Y. Y. Petrov, I. Y. Petrova, C. Robertson, L. Ponce, M. Kinsky, R. Seeton, N. Henkel, D. S. Prough, "Noninvasive, optoacoustic monitoring platform: Clinical studies," SPIE Proc. 7564, 75641H1-7 (2010).

[54] [54] E. Sarchen, Y. Y. Petrov, I. Y. Petrova, D. S. Prough, W. Neu, R. O. Esenaliev, "Novel, focused optoacoustic transducers for accurate monitoring of total hemoglobin concentration and oxyhemoglobin saturation: Pre-clinical and clinical tests," SPIE Proc. 7564, 75641I1-6 (2010).