Program

1:30-3:00 p.m.
Thursday
February
 9, 2006         
Palacio del Rio Room

 

Lasers/Optics III: Optoacoustics and Ultrasound
Chair: Thomas E. Milner — UT, Austin
Co-chair: Gracie Vargas — UTMB, Galveston
  Application of Focused Ultrasound and Contrast Agents for Gene Delivery in Tumors
  I. Cicenaite1, V.G. Andreev1,2, O.V. Chumakova1, S. Chakrabarty1, B.M. Evers1 and R.O. Esenaliev11UTMB, Galveston and 2Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Biodegradable Nanoparticles and Ultrasound for Gene Delivery in Tumors
  O.V. Chumakova1, V.G. Andreev1,2, I. Cicenaite1, S. Chakrabarty1, B.M. Evers1, J. Wen1, V.L. Popov1 and R.O. Esenaliev11UTMB, Galveston and 2Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Monte Carlo Modeling of Light Distribution for Multi-wavelength Optoacoustic Monitoring of Cerebral Blood Oxygenation
  I. Patrikeev, Y.Y. Petrov, I.Y. Petrova, D.S. Prough and R.O. Esenaliev — UTMB, Galveston
Laser-diode-based Optoacoustic System for Noninvasive Monitoring of Total Hemoglobin Concentration: in vitro and in vivo Studies
  I.Y. Petrova, D.S. Prough, Y.Y. Petrov, I. Patrikeev and R.O. Esenaliev — UTMB, Galveston
Animal Tests of Multi-wavelength Optoacoustic System for Cerebral Blood Oxygenation Monitoring
  Y. Y. Petrov, D. S. Prough, I. Y. Petrova, I. Cicenaite, D. J. Deyo, I. Patrikeev and R. O. Esenaliev — UTMB, Galveston