Publications
- W.J. Foster, A.H. Ali, P. Hamilton, N. Ravi, "Internal Osmotic Pressure as a Mechanism of Retinal Attachment in a Vitreous Substitute., Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers, 21:221-235 (2006).
- Beverly E. Faulkner-Jones, M.D., Ph.D.,William J. Foster, M.D., Ph.D., J. William Harbour, M.D., Morton E. Smith, M.D., and Rosa M. Dávila, M.D., M.I.A.C, "Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy with Adjunct Immunohistochemistry in Intraocular Tumor Management", Acta Cytologica, 49:297 (2005).
- H.A. Aliyar,W.J. Foster, P.D. Hamilton, N. Ravi, Polymer Preprints, 45:469 (2004).
- W.J. Foster, T. Chou, "Physical mechanisms of gas and perfluron retinopexy and sub-retinal fluid displacement", Physics in Medicine & Biology, 49, 2989 (2004).PDF format
- Blake A. Cooper, MD, Kevin J. Blinder, MD, Gaurav K. Shah, MD, William Foster, MD, PhD, Marc Leibole, MD, "Femtosecond Laser-induced Premacular Hemorrhage", RETINA, The Journal of Retinal and Vitreous Diseases, 24:812 (2004).
- W.J. Foster, J.W. Harbour, N.M. Holekamp, G.K. Shah, and M.A. Thomas, "Pars-plana vitrectomy in eyes containing a posterior uveal melanoma", American Journal of Ophthalmology 136, 471 (2003).PDF format
- W.J. Foster, M.D. Kraus, P.L. Custer, "Herpes Simplex Virus Dacryoadenitis in an Immunocompromised Patient", Archives of Ophthalmology, 121, 911 (2003).PDF format
- W.J. Foster, C.E. Fuller, A. Perry, J.W. Harbour, "Status of the NF1 tumor suppressor gene in uveal melanoma", Archives of Ophthalmology 121, 1311 (2003).PDF format
- W.J. Foster, P.A. Janmey, "The Distribution of Polyphosphoinositides in Lipid Films", Biophysical Chemistry, 91, 211 (2001). PDF format
- G.M. Bommarito, W.J. Foster, P.S. Pershan, M.L. Schlossman, "A Determination of the Phase Diagram of Relaxed Langmuir Monolayers of Behenic Acid", Journal of Chemical Physics, 105, 5265 (1996). PDF format
- W.J. Foster, M.C. Shih, P.S. Pershan, "An X-Ray Diffraction and Brewster Angle Microscopy Study of a Langmuir Monolayer of Methyl Eicosanoate", Journal of Chemical Physics 105, 3307 (1996). PDF format
- G.J. Kellogg, P.S. Pershan, E. H. Kawamoto, W. Foster, M. Deutsch, B.M. Ocko, "X-ray Reflectivity Measurements and Landau Theory of Smectic Wetting in nCB/Benzyl Alcohol Mixtures", Physical Review E, 51, 4709 (1995). PDF format
- W. J. Foster, "X-ray and Optical Studies of Thin Organic Films", Ph.D. Thesis, Harvard University (1995). Reference
- W.J. Foster, M.C. Shih, P.S. Pershan, "The Structure and Phases of a Relaxed Langmuir Monolayer of Methyl Eicosanoate as Determined by Grazing Incidence X-ray Diffraction and Brewster Angle Microscopy", in Applications of Synchrotron Radiation Techniques to Materials Science II, volume 375, edited by D.L Perry, G. Ice, N. Shinn, K. D'Amico, and L. Terminello (Mater. Res. Soc. Proc., Pittsburgh, PA, 1994), pp 187. PDF format
Published Abstracts
- W.J. Foster, P.A. Janmey, L.A. Flanagan, "A Mechanical Mechanism of Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy Inhibition in Vitreous Substitutes," Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 2006, E-Abstract 3823.
- W.J. Foster, E.B. Trexler, A. Zomorrodian, S. Stahl, N. Wu, C.A. Garcia, A. Ignatiev, "Fabrication of a PLZT thin film heterostructure as a photoreceptor prosthesis", "Clusters, Nanocrystals, & Nanostructures Gordon Conference (2005).
- W.J. Foster, E.B. Trexler, A. Zomorrodian, S. Stahl, N. Wu, S. Uwaydat, C.A. Garcia, A. Ignatiev, "Development of Ceramic Optical Microdetectors for Retinal Implantation", Association for Research in Vision Science & Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science E-Abstract (2005).
- W.J. Foster, A. Gupta, R.E. Engstrom, Jr., B.R. Straatsma, "Study of the PANORET-1000 wide-angle digital camera for use in imaging of choroidal tumors", Association for Research in Vision Science & Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science E-Abstract (2004).
- W.J. Foster, A.H. Ali, N. Ravi, "Sol-Gel Systems as Vitreous Substitutes", Association for Research in Vision Science & Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science E-Abstract (2003).
- W.J. Foster, J.W. Harbour, G.K. Shah, "Pars Plana Vitrectomy Surgery in Eyes Previously Treated for Uveal Melanoma," The Combined Meeting of the Retina and Vitreous Societies, San Francisco, CA (2002).
- W.J. Foster, J.W. Harbour, Alterations of the Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Tumor Suppressor Locus in Uveal Melanoma," Association for Research in Vision Science & Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, FL (2002).
- G.M. Bommarito, W.J. Foster, P.S. Pershan, "Phase Behavior of a Monolayer of Behenic Acid at the Air-Water Interface as Determined by Grazing Incidence X-ray Diffraction," Symposium O, The Materials Research Society Meeting, Boston, MA (1993).
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