List of publications

(in reversed chronological order)

Book Chapters:

High-Resolution Electronic Retinal Prosthesis: Physical Limitations and Design.   D. Palanker, A. Vankov, P. Huie, A. Butterwick, I. Chan, M.F. Marmor and M.S. Blumenkranz; Chapter 14 in ARTIFICIAL SIGHT: BASIC RESEARCH, BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, AND CLINICAL ADVANCES;  M.S. Humayun, J.D. Weiland,  G. Chader, E. Greenbaum (Eds.), Springer Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering, New York, 2007.

 

Retinal Laser Therapy: Biophysical Basis and Applications, D. Palanker, M.S. Blumenkranz, J.J. Weiter;  Chapter 22 in RETINA, 4th edition, Ed. S.J. Ryan, vol. 3, Mosby, Inc., St. Louis, MI, 2005.

 

Peer-reviewed:

1.                  Electrosurgery with Cellular Precision, D. Palanker, A. Vankov, P. Huie. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 55(2): 838-841 (2008).

2.                  Effect of Pulse Duration on Size and Character of the Lesion in Retinal Photocoagulation, A. Jain, M.S. Blumenkranz, Y. Paulus, M.W. Wiltberger, D.E. Andersen, P. Huie, D. Palanker. Archives of Ophthalmology 126 (1): 78-85 (2008).

3.                  Pulsed electrical stimulation for control of vasculature: Temporary vasoconstriction and permanent thrombosis. D. Palanker, A. Vankov, Y. Freyvert, P.Huie, Bioelectromagnetics, 29:100-107 (2008).

4.                  Tissue damage by pulsed electrical stimulation. A. Butterwick, A. Vankov, P. Huie, Y. Freyvert, D. Palanker. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 54(12): 2261-2267 (2007).

5.                  Image processing for a high-resolution optoelectronic retinal prosthesis. Asher, A; Segal, WA; Baccus, SA; Yaroslavsky, LP; Palanker, DV; IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 54(6): 993-1004 (2007).

6.                  Wide-field coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscopy with non-phase-matching illumination.  I. Toytman, K. Cohn, T. Smith, D. Simanovskii, and D. Palanker, Optics Letters, 32 (13): 1941-1943 (2007).

7.                  Nanosecond plasma-mediated electrosurgery with elongated electrodes. A. Vankov, D. Palanker, Journal of Applied Physics, 101: 124701 (2007)

8.                  Pulsed Electron Avalanche Knife (PEAK-fc): New Technology for Cataract Surgery. S.G. Priglinger, D. Palanker, C.S. Alge, T.C. Kreutzer, C. Haritoglou, M. Grueterich and A. Kampik, British Journal of Ophthalmology, 91: 949 – 954 (2007).

9.                  Optoelectronic retinal prosthesis: system design and performance. J.D. Loudin, D.M. Simanovskii, K. Vijayraghavan, C.K. Sramek, A.F. Butterwick, P. Huie, G.Y. McLean, and D.V. Palanker. J Neural Engineering, 4: S72–S84 (2007).

10.              Gene Transfer to Rabbit Retina with Electron Avalanche Transfection. T.W. Chalberg, A. Vankov, F.E. Molnar, A.F. Butterwick, P. Huie, M.P. Calos, and D.V. Palanker, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science  47: 4083-4090 (2006).

11.              Pulsed electron avalanche knife for capsulotomy in congenital and mature cataract. Priglinger, SG; Haritoglou, C; Palanker, D; Kook, D; Grueterich, M; Mueller, A; Alge, CS; Kampik, A. Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery; 32(7): 1085-1088 (2006).

12.              Cellular Tolerance to Pulsed Hyperthermia. D.M. Simanovskii, M.A. Mackanos, A.R. Irani, C.E. O’Connell-Rodwell, C.H. Contag, H.A. Schwettman, and D.V. Palanker. PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 74(1), 011915: 1539-3755 (2006)

13.              Semi-Automated Pattern Scanning Laser for Retinal Photocoagulation. M.S. Blumenkranz, D. Yellachich, D.E. Andersen, M.W. Wiltberger, D. Mordaunt,  G.R. Marcellino, D. Palanker, Retina, 26(3): 370-376 (2006).

14.              Optical Spectroscopy Non-Invasively Monitors Response of Organelles to Cellular Stress. G. Schuele, E. Vitkin, P. Huie, C. O’Conell-Rodwell, D. Palanker, L.T. Perelman. J. Biomed. Optics, 10(5): 051404-1 - 051404-8 (2005).

15.              Pulsed Electron Avalanche Knife (PEAK-fc) for Dissection of Retinal Tissue. S.G. Priglinger, C. Haritoglou,, D. Palanker, C. Alge, A. Gandorfer, A. Kampik, Archives of Ophthalmology, 123 (10): 1412-1418 (2005).

16.              Pulsed Electron Avalanche Knife in Vitreoretinal Surgery. S.G. Priglinger, C. Haritoglou, A. Mueller, M. Grueterich, R. Strauss, C.S. Alge, A. Gandorfer, D. Palanker, A. Kampik, Retina, 25(7): 889-896 (2005).

17.              Design of a High Resolution Optoelectronic Retinal Prosthesis. D. Palanker, A. Vankov, P. Huie, S. Baccus, J Neural Engineering, 2: S105–S120 (2005).

18.              Migration of Retinal Cells through a Perforated Membrane: Implications for a High-Resolution Prosthesis. D. Palanker, P. Huie, A. Vankov, R. Aramant, M. Seiler, H. Fishman, M. Marmor, M.S. Blumenkranz; Invest.Ophth.Vis.Sci., 45(9): 3266-3270 (2004).

19.              A Genetic Reporter of Thermal Stress Defines Physiologic Zones Over a Defined Temperature Range. C.E. O'Connell-Rodwell, D.Shriver, D.M. Simanovskii, C. McClure, Y. Cao, W. Zhang, M.H. Bachmann, J.T. Beckham, E.D. Jansen, D. Palanker, H.A. Schwettman, C.H. Contag; FASEB J., 18: 264-271 (2004).

20.              The Chick Chorioallantoic Membrane (CAM) as a Model Tissue for Surgical Retinal Research and Simulation. T. Leng, J.M. Miller, K.V. Bilbao, D.V. Palanker, P.H., and M.S. Blumenkranz; Retina, 24 (3): 427-434 (2004).

21.              Prevention of tissue damage by water jet during cavitation. D. Palanker, A.Vankov, J. Miller, M. Friedman, and M. Strauss; J. Appl. Phys., 94(4): 2654-2661 (2003).

22.              Transient Optical Elements: Application to Near-Field Imaging. D. Simanovskii, D. Palanker, K. Cohn, T. Smith, J. Microscopy 210(3): 307-310 (2003).

23.              Precision and Safety of the Pulsed Electron Avalanche Knife in Vitreoretinal Surgery. J. Miller, D. Palanker, A. Vankov, M. Marmor, M. Blumenkranz, Archives of Ophthalmol. 121: 871-877, 2003.

24.              Transient photoinduced diffractive solid immersion lens for infrared microscopy. K. Cohn, D. Simanovskii, T. Smith, and D. Palanker, Appl. Phys. Lett.  81(19): 3678-3680, 2002.

25.              Intra-vascular drug delivery with a pulsed liquid microjet. D. A. Fletcher, D. V. Palanker, P. Huie, J. Miller, M.F. Marmor, M. S. Blumenkranz, Archives of Ophthalmol. 120(9): 1206-1208, 2002.

26.              Effects of the Pulsed Electron Avalanche Knife (PEAK) on Retinal Tissue. D.V. Palanker, M.F. Marmor, A. Branco, P. Huie, J.M. Miller, S.R. Sanislo, A. Vankov, M.S. Blumenkranz, Archives of Ophthalmol.120:636-640, 2002.

27.              Near-Field Infrared Microscopy With A Transient Photo-Induced Aperture. D. Simanovski, D. Palanker, K. Cohn and T. Smith, Appl. Phys. Lett.79(8): 1214-1216, 2001.

28.              Refraction Contrast Imaging With A Scanning Microlens, D.A. Fletcher, K.B. Crozier, C.F. Quate, G.S. Kino, and K.E. Goodson, D. Simanovskii, D.V. Palanker, Appl. Phys. Lett.  78(#23): 3589-3591, 2001.

29.              Pulsed Liquid Microjet For Microsurgery, D. A. Fletcher, D. V. Palanker, Appl. Phys. Lett. 78(13): 1933-35, 2001.

30.              Pulsed Electron Avalanche Knife for Intraocular Surgery, D.V. Palanker, J.M. Miller, S.R. Sanislo, M.F. Marmor, M.S. Blumenkranz, Invest.Ophth.Vis.Sci., 42(11): 2673-2678, 2001.

31.              On Contrast Parameters and Topographic Artifacts in Near-Field Infrared Microscopy, D.V. Palanker, D.M. Simanovskii, P. Huie, T.I. Smith, H.A. Schwettman, J. Appl. Phys. 88(11): 6808-6814 2000.

32.              Near-field infrared imaging with a microfabricated solid immersion lens, D.A. Fletcher, K.B. Crozier, C.F. Quate, G.S. Kino, and K.E. Goodson, D. Simanovskii, D.V. Palanker, Appl. Phys. Letters, 77(14): 2109-2111, 2000.

33.              Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy in Cell Biology, A. Lewis, A. Radko, N. Ben Ami, D. Palanker, K. Lieberman, Trends in Cell Biology 9: 70-73 (1999).

34.              Early nonsurgical removal of chemically injured tissue enhances wound healing in partial thickness burns, Eldad A, Weinberg A, Breiterman S, Chaouat M, Palanker D, Ben-Bassat H, Burns 24(2):166-172, 1998.

35.              Etched Chalcogenide Fibers for Near-Field IR Scanning Microscopy, M.A. Unger, D.A. Kossakovski, R. Kongovi, J.L. Beauchamp, D.V. Palanker, Rev. Sci. Instr. 69(8): 2988-93, (1998).

36.              Fast IR Imaging with Sub-Wavelength Resolution using a Transient Near-field Probe, D. V. Palanker, G.M.H. Knippels, T.I. Smith, H.A. Schwettman, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 144: 240-245 (1998).

37.              Pulse Shape Measurements Using Differential Optical Gating Of A Picosecond Free Electron Laser Source With An Unsynchronized Femtosecond Ti:Sapphire Gate, C.W. Rella, G.M.H. Knippels, D. Palanker, H.A. Schwettman, Optics Comm. 157 (1-6): 335-42 (1998).

38.              IR Microscopy with a Transient Photo-induced Near-field Probe (Tipless Near-field Microscopy), D. V. Palanker, G.M.H. Knippels, T.I. Smith, H.A. Schwettman, Optics Comm. 148/4-6 : 215 - 220 (1998).

39.              Electrical Alternative to Pulsed Fiber-Delivered Lasers in Microsurgery, Palanker D., Turovets I., Lewis A., J. Appl. Phys. 81(11): 7673-7680, (1997).

40.              Vitreoretinal Surgery Assisted by the 193nm Excimer Laser, Hemo I., Palanker D., Turovets I., Lewis A., and Zauberman H., Invest Ophthal. Vis. Sci. 38(9): 1825-1829 (1997).

41.              Nanometer-Sized Electrochemical Sensors, Y. Shao, M. V. Mirkin, G. Fish, S. Kokotov, D. Palanker and A. Lewis, Anal. Chem. 69: 1627-1634 (1997).

42.              Dynamics of ArF Laser Induced Cavitation Bubbles in Gels in a Liquid Environment,  Palanker D., Turovets I, and Lewis A, Lasers Surg. Med. 21(3): 294-300, (1997).

43.              Dynamics of Cavitation Bubble Induced by 193 nm ArF Excimer Laser in Concentrated Sodium Chloride Solutions, Turovets I., Palanker D., Kokotov Yu, Hemo I., and Lewis A,  J. Appl. Phys.79(5): 2689-2693, (1996).

44.              Ultrafast Response Micropipette-Based Submicron Thermocouple, G. Fish, O. Bouevitch, S. Kokotov, K. Lieberman, D. Palanker, I. Turovets, and A. Lewis, Rev. Sci. Instr., 66 (5): 3300-3306 (1995) 

45.              Vitreoretinal Ablation with the 193 nm Excimer Laser in Fluid Media, Palanker D., Hemo I., Turovets I., Zauberman H., Fish G., Lewis A., Invest Ophthal. Vis. Sci. 35 (11): 3835-3840 (1994).

46.              ArF Excimer Laser-Induced Bubble Formation During Irradiation of NaCl Solutions, Turovets I., Palanker D., Lewis A., Photochem. Photobiol., 60 (5): 412-414 (1994).

47.              Parallel Permeabilization of Millions of Cells with Single Pulses of an Excimer Laser, Turovetz I., Palanker D., Bar I.,Gilo H., Lewis A., Biotechniques, vol. 15(6), pp. 1022-1030 (1993).

48.              Interaction Between Human Sperm Cells and Hamster Oocytes After Argon Fluoride Excimer Laser Drilling of the Zona Pellucida, Simon A., Palanker D., Harpaz-Eisenberg V., Lewis A., Laufer N., Fertility and Sterility, vol. 60(1), pp. 159-164 (1993).

49.              The Efficacy and Safety of Zona Pellucida Drilling by a 193-nm Excimer Laser, Laufer N., Palanker D., Shofaro Y., Safran A., Simon  A., Lewis A., Fertility and Sterility, vol. 59(4), pp. 889-895 (1993).  

50.              Microsurgery of the Retina with a Needle-Guided 193-nm Excimer Laser, Lewis A., Palanker D., Hemo I., Pe'er J., Zauberman H., Invest. Ophthal. Vis. Sci., vol.33(8), pp. 2377-2381 (1992).

51.              Effect of the ArF Excimer Laser on Human Enamel, Feuerstein O., Palanker D., Fuxbruner A., Lewis A., Deutsch D., Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, vol.12, pp. 471-477 (1992).

52.              Statistical Approach for Subwavelength Measurements with a Conventional Light Microscope, Palanker D., Lewis A., Biophys. J, vol. 60, pp. 1147-1155 (1991).

53.              Technique for Cellular Microsurgery Using the 193-nm Excimer Laser, Palanker D., Ohad S., Lewis A., Simon A., Shenkar J., Penchas S.,Laufer N, Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, vol 11, pp. 580-586 (1991).

54.              The Effect of the Charge Discreteness on the Potential Distribution in the Phospholipid Membrane, Atsagortsjan A., Palanker D., Nadjarjan G.N, Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian Republic. Physical Series,vol.22 (5), pp.266 - 272 (1987).

55.              Aggregation of the Cardiolipin Liposoms induced by One-Valency Ions, Atsagortsjan A., Vasukov A., Palanker D.,  Biophysics  (USSR) ,vol.34, pp.49 - 52 (1989).

 

 

Proceedings:

 

N_1     Progress Towards a High-Resolution Retinal Prosthesis, A. Butterwick, A. Vankov, P. Huie, K. Vijayraghavan, J. Loudin,             D. Palanker, Ophthalmic Technologies XVII, SPIE, vol. 6426A (2007).

N_2     Non-Scanning CARS Microscopy Using Wide-Field Geometry, I.Toytman, K.Cohn, T. Smith, D. Simanovskii, D. Palanker, Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences VII, SPIE, vol. 6442 (2007).

N_3     Dynamic range of safe electrical stimulation of the retina. A.F. Butterwick, A. Vankov, P. Huie, D.V. Palanker. Ophthalmic Technologies XVI, SPIE vol. 6138 (2006).

N_4     Noninvasive Dosimetry and Monitoring of TTT using Spectral Imaging.  G. Schuele, F.E. Molnar, D. Yellachich, E. Vitkin, L.T. Perelman, D. Palanker. Ophthalmic Technologies XVI, SPIE vol. 6138 (2006).

N_5     Plasma-Mediated Transfection of RPE. D. Palanker, T. Chalberg, A. Vankov, P. Huie, F.E. Molnar, A. Butterwick, M. Calos, M. Marmor, M.S. Blumenkranz. Ophthalmic Technologies XVI, SPIE vol. 6138 (2006).

N_6     Optical monitoring of thermal effects in RPE during heating. G. Schuele, P. Huie, D. Yellachich, F. Molnar, C. O’Conell-Rodwell, E. Vitkin, L. T. Perelman, D. Palanker. Ophthalmic Technologies XV, SPIE vol.5688A (2005).

N_7    Towards High-Resolution Optoelectronic Retinal Prosthesis. D. Palanker, P. Huie, A. Vankov, A. Asher, S. Baccus. Ophthalmic Technologies XV, SPIE vol.5688A (2005).

N_8     Cellular tolerance to pulsed heating. D. Simanovskii, M. Sarkar, A. Irani, C. O’Connell-Rodwell, C. Contag, A. Schwettman, D. Palanker. Optical Interactions with Tissue and Cells XVI, SPIE vol. 5695 (2005).

N_9     Attracting retinal cells to electrodes for high-resolution stimulation. D. Palanker, P. Huie, A. Vankov, Y. Freyvert, H. Fishman, M.F. Marmor, M.S. Blumenkranz. Ophthalmic Technologies, SPIE vol.5314: 306-313 (2004).

N_10   Electro-adhesive forceps for tissue manipulation. A. Vankov, P. Huie, M.S. Blumenkranz, D. Palanker. Ophthalmic Technologies, vol.5314, SPIE (2004).

N_11  Non-invasive Monitoring of the Thermal Stress in RPE Using Light Scattering Spectroscopy. G. Schuele, P. Huie, A. Vankov, E. Vitkin, H. Fang, E.B. Hanlon, L.T. Perelman, D. Palanker, Ophthalmic Technologies, vol.5314, SPIE (2004).

N_12   Optimization of the Pulsed Electron Avalanche Knife for Anterior Segment Surgery. D. Palanker, A.Vankov, K.Bilbao, M.Marmor, M.Blumenkranz, Ophthalmic Technologies, SPIE, vol. 4951: 56-61, (2003).

N_13   Pulsed Liquid Microjet for Intravascular Injection, D. Palanker, D. Fletcher, P. Huie, J. Miller, M. Marmor, M. Blumenkranz, Ophthalmic Technologies, vol. 4611, SPIE (2002).

N_14.  Effect of the Probe Geometry on Dynamics of Cavitation, D. Palanker, A. Vankov, J. Miller, Laser-Tissue Interactions XIII, vol. 4617 SPIE (2002).

N_15.  Pulsed Liquid Microjet for Microsurgical Applications, D. V. Palanker, D. A. Fletcher, Novel Micro- and Nanotechnologies for Bioengineering Applications (BO35), SPIE (2001).

N_16.  On Image formation in Near-field Infrared Microscopy, D. M. Simanovskii, D. V. Palanker, P. Huie, T.I. Smith, Scanning and Force Microscopies for Biomedical Applications II, SPIE, vol. 3922, (2000).

N_17.  Fast IR Imaging with Sub-Wavelength Resolution Using a Transient Near-Field Probe (Tipless Near-Field Microscopy), D.V. Palanker, T.I. Smith, H.A. Schwettman, Three Dimentional and Multidimensional Microscopy, SPIE, vol. 3605, (1999).

N_18  Microheater as an Alternative to Lasers for In-Vitro Fertilization Applications, D.V. Palanker, I. Turovets, R. Glazer, B.E. Reubinoff, D. Hilman, A. Lewis, Laser-Tissue Interaction X, SPIE, vol. 3601 (1999).

N_19.  Electrical Alternative to Pulsed Lasers in Vitreoretinal Surgery, Palanker D., Turovets I., Lewis A.,  Ophthalmic Technologies VII, SPIE, vol. 2971 (1997).

N_20.  Electric Discharge-Induced Cavitation: A Competing Approach to Pulsed Lasers for Performing Microsurgery in Liquid Media, Palanker D., Turovets I., Lewis A,  Laser-Tissue Interaction VIII, SPIE, vol. 2975 (1997).

N_21.  Vitreoretinal Surgery with the 193 nm Excimer Laser, Palanker D., Hemo I., Turovets I., Zauberman H., Lewis A., Ophthalmic Technologies IV, SPIE, vol. 2126, (1994).

N_22.  Soft Tisssue Removal by the 193 nm Excimer Laser in Strongly Absorbing Liquid Environment, Palanker D., Hemo I., Turovets I., Lewis A., Laser/Tissue Interaction V, SPIE, vol. 2134, (1994).

N_23.  Cold Laser Technique for Cell Surgery, Palanker D., Ohad S., Lewis A., Laufer N, SPIE ,vol. 1646, Laser-Tissue Interaction III, (1992).

N_24.  Cold Laser Microsurgery of the Retina with a Syringe Guided 193nm Excimer Laser, Lewis A., Palanker D., Hemo I., Pe'er J., Zauberman H., SPIE ,vol. 1423, Ophthalmic Technologies, pp. 98 - 102 (1991).

 

 

Issued Patents:

 

US 7,357,802

 

Electrosurgical system with uniformly enhanced electric field and minimal collateral damage

US 7,238,185

EU 1079754

US 7,058,455

 

Method and apparatus for plasma-mediated thermo-electrical ablation

Method and apparatus for pulsed plasma-mediated electrosurgery in liquid media

Interface for making spatially resolved electrical contact to neural cells in a biological neural network

US 7,047,080

 

Self-sufficient retinal prosthesis powered by intraocular photovoltaic cells

US 6,939,378

 

Microfabricated tissue as a substrate for pigment epithelium transplantation

US 6,913,605

 

Microfluidic devices and methods for producing pulsed microfluidic jets in a liquid environment

US 6,780,178

 

Method and apparatus for plasma-mediated thermo-electrical ablation

US 6,730,075

 

Surgical probe for use in liquid media

US 6,352,535

 

Method and a device for electro microsurgery in a physiological liquid environment

US 6,135,998

 

Method and apparatus for pulsed plasma-mediated electrosurgery in liquid media

US 5,288,288

 

Method and a device for cold laser microsurgery with highly localized tissue removal

 

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