@article{Hüttmann1999,
   author = {Huttmann, G. and Birngruber, R.},
   title = {On the possibility of high-precision photothermal microeffects and the measurement of fast thermal denaturation of proteins},
   journal = {Ieee Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics},
   volume = {5},
   number = {4},
   pages = {954-962},
   note = {248CM
Times Cited:77
Cited References Count:43},
   abstract = {The precision of laser-induced effects is often limited by thermal and thermomechanical collateral damage. Adjusting the pulsewidth of the laser to the size of the absorbing structure can at least avoid thermal side effects and facilitates a selective treatment of vessels or pigmented cells. Further extending the precision of thermal effects below cellular dimensions by using nanometer sized particles could open up new fields of applications for lasers in medicine and biology. Calculations show that under irradiation with nano- or picosecond laser pulses gold particles of submicrometer size can easily be heated by several hundred K, High temperatures have to be used for subcellular thermal effects, because heat confinement to such small structures requires the thermal damage to occur in extremely short times. Estimating the denaturation temperature by extrapolating the Arrhenius equation from a time range of minutes and seconds into a time range of nano- and picoseconds leads to temperatures beta;een 370 K-470 K, There is evidence that in aqueous media, due to the surface tension, these temperatures can be generated at the surface of nanometer sized particles without vaporization of the surrounding water,
In order to show whether or not an extrapolation of the damage rates over six to nine orders of magnitude gives correct data, a temperature-jump experiment was designed and tested which allows to measure denaturation rates of proteins in the millisecond time range. Denaturation of chymotrypsin was observed within 300 mu s at temperatures below 380 K, The rate constants for the unfolding of chymotrypsin followed the Arrhenius equation up to rates of 3000 s(-1).},
   keywords = {laser medicine
microeffects
protein denaturation
thermal effects
assisted laser inactivation},
   ISSN = {1077-260X},
   DOI = {Doi 10.1109/2944.796317},
   url = {<Go to ISI>://WOS:000083257800013},
   year = {1999},
   type = {Journal Article}
}

@article{Hüttmann,
   author = {Hüttmann, G. and Birngruber, R.},
   title = {On the Possibility of High-Precision Photothermal Microeffects and the Measurement of Fast thermal Denaturation of Proteins.},
   journal = {IEEE J Quant Electr},
   volume = {5},
   number = {4},
   pages = {954-962},
   year = {1999}
}

@article{Brinkmann1999,
   author = {Brinkmann, R. and Rögener, J. and Lin, C.P. and Roider, J. and Birngruber, R. and Hüttmann, G.},
   title = {Selective RPE-Photodestruction: Mechanism of Cell Damage by pulsed laser irradiance in the ns to µs time regime},
   journal = {Proc. SPIE},
   volume = {3601},
   pages = {59-65},
   year = { 1999}
}

@article{Hüttmann1998,
   author = {Hüttmann, G. and Birngruber, R.},
   title = {Dynamics of Thermal Microeffects: Rate Constants of Thermal Denaturation Measured by a Temperature-Jump Experiment},
   journal = {OSA TOPS},
   volume = {22},
   pages = {300-305},
   year = {1998},
   type = {Journal Article}
}

@article{Eichenauer,
   author = {Eichenauer, Rolf H. and Huettmann, Gereon and Woermer, Stephan and Koop, Norbert and Beyer, Wolfgang and Jocham, Dieter},
   title = {New balloon catheter system used for PDT in the human urinary bladder: accuracy of light distribution},
   pages = {138-144},
   note = {10.1117/12.308141},
   abstract = {Photodynamic therapy (PDT) may provide a new approach for treatment of patients with superficial transitional carcinoma and carcinoma in situ of the bladder. The light applicator for the bladder wall (Rusch) is constructed as a balloon catheter with two concentric balloons. A new PDT applicator (Rusch) was assessed for the homogeneity and accuracy of irradiation during PDT. In an in-vitro experiment with 17 freshly harvested porcine bladders the fluence rate was measured locally with isotropic detectors. The results were compared to the light fluence detected by the PDT applicator. The increase of the fluence rate (beta) inside the bladders due to back scattering ranged between 5.3 and 7.0 with an average of 6.2. Local variations of the fluence rate in the spherical bladders were also smaller than 15%. Therefore it is concluded, that a homogeneous and accurate irradiation during PDT is possible. Blood between the outer balloon and the bladder wall reduces the local fluence rate strongly and should to be avoided. Also larger air bubbles in the applicator can lead to an inhomogeneous light distribution. In regular application the presented new catheter system provides accurate and easy light dosimetry during PDT of the bladder. Attention had to be paid to a continuous flushing of the space between balloon and bladder wall in order to prevent the accumulation of urine and blood. To avoid a malfunction of the system and large errors in light dosimetry and application, it is advisable to monitor the measured light dosage and the shape of the balloon using ultrasonography during PDT.},
   year = {1998}
}

@article{Hendrich,
   author = {Hendrich, C. and Hüttmann, G. and Lehnert, C. and Diddens, H. and Siebert, W.E.},
   title = {Photodynamic laser therapy for rheumatoid arthritis: Cell culture studies and animal experiments.},
   journal = {Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthroscopy},
   volume = {5},
   pages = {58-63},
   year = {1997}
}

@article{Novo,
   author = {Novo, M. and Hüttmann, G. and Diddens, H.},
   title = {Chemical instability of 5-aminolevulinic acid used in the fluorescence diagnosis of bladder tumours},
   journal = {J Photoch Photobio},
   volume = {34},
   pages = {143-148},
   year = {1996}
}

@inproceedings{Hüttmann,
   author = {Hüttmann, G. and Achtelik, W. and Löning, M. and Sommer, K. and Diddens, H.},
   title = {Fluorescence microscopy studies on ALA sensitized tissues},
   booktitle = {SPIE Proc.},
   volume = {2926},
   pages = {24-31},
year = { 1996},
URL = {  https://doi.org/10.1117/12.260815}

}

@inproceedings{Hüttmann1,
   author = {Hüttmann, G. and Hendrich, C. and Birngruber, R. and Lehnert, C. and Seara, J. and Siebert, W. E. and Diddens, H.},
   title = {Protoporphyrin IX distribution after intra-articular and systemic application of 5-aminolevulinic acid in healthy and arthritic joints . 
Mechanisms and Techniques in Photodynamic Therapy V,},
   booktitle = {Proc. SPIE},
   volume = {2675},
   pages = {238-242},
Year = { 1996}

}

@inproceedings{Pan,
   author = {Pan, Y. and Engelhardt, R. and Rosperich, J. and Hüttmann, G. and Birngruber, R.},
   title = {Measurement of Optical-Transport-Coefficients of Intralipid in Visible and NIR Range},
   booktitle = {Proc. SPIE},
   volume = {2134A},
   pages = {354-363},
Year = { 1994},
URL = { https://doi.org/10.1117/12.182954}

}

@inproceedings{Hüttmann,
   author = {Hüttmann, G. and Churio, S. and Braslavsky, S.E. and Birngruber, R.},
   title = {The Possibility of Measuring Thermal Protein Denaturation by an Optoacoustic Method.},
   booktitle = {Proc. SPIE},
   volume = {2077},
   pages = {202-212},
url = { https://doi.org/10.1117/12.168030},
year = { 1994}

}