part Part I: Fundamentals of Photoacoustics -- chapter 1 Photoacoustic Monopole Radiation: Waves from Objects with Symmetry in One, Two, and Three Dimensions -- chapter 2 Photoacoustic Doppler Effect and Flow Sensing -- chapter 3 Modeling Photoacoustic Propagation in Tissue Using k-Space Techniques -- part Part II: Photoacoustic Image Reconstruction: Algorithm, Resolution, and View -- chapter 4 Universal Back-Projection Algorithm for Photoacoustic Tomography -- chapter 5 Analysis of Spatial Resolution in Photoacoustic Tomography -- chapter 6 Limited View Thermoacoustic Tomography -- part Part III: Photoacoustic Image Reconstruction: Mathematical Perspectives -- chapter 7 Recovering a Function from Its Spherical Mean Values in Two and Three Dimensions -- chapter 8 On Reconstruction Formulas and Algorithms for the Thermoacoustic Tomography -- chapter 9 Photoacoustic and Thermoacoustic Tomography: Consistency Conditions and the Partial Scan Problem -- part Part IV: Photoacoustic Image Reconstruction: Advanced Algorithms -- chapter 10 Time Reversal in Photoacoustic or Thermoacoustic Tomography -- chapter 11 Quantitative Photoacoustic Imaging: Measurement of Absolute Chromophore Concentrations for Physiological and Molecular Imaging -- chapter 12 Image Reconstruction in Optoacoustic Tomography Accounting for Frequency-Dependent Attenuation -- chapter 13 Half-Time Image Reconstruction in Photoacoustic Tomography -- chapter 14 Adaptive and Robust Methods for Thermoacoustic and Photoacoustic Tomography -- part Part V: Ultrasonic Detectors for Photoacoustic Tomography -- chapter 15 Photoacoustic Imaging with a Double-Ring Sensor -- chapter 16 Photoacoustic Tomography Based on Ring-Shaped Virtual Point Ultrasonic Detector -- chapter 17 3D Photoacoustic Scanner Based on an Optical Ultrasound-Mapping System for Imaging Superficial Vascular Anatomy In Vivo -- chapter 18 High-Frequency Optoacoustic Transducers for Ultrasonic and Photoacoustic Imaging -- chapter 19 Interferometry-Based Optoacoustic Tomography -- chapter 20 Photoacoustic Tomography with Integrating Area and Line Detectors -- part Part VI: Focused Scanning Photoacoustic Tomography with Laser Excitation -- chapter 21 Dark-Field Confocal Photoacoustic Microscopy -- chapter 22 Deep-Penetrating Reflection-Mode Photoacoustic Imaging -- part Part VII: Array-Based Photoacoustic Tomography with Laser Excitation -- chapter 23 Combined Ultrasound and Photoacoustic System for Real-Time High-Contrast Imaging Using a Linear Array Transducer -- chapter 24 Fast Photoacoustic Imaging System Based on 320-Element Linear Transducer Array -- chapter 25 Design and Characterization of an Array-Based Photoacoustic Tomographic System for Small Animal Imaging -- part Part VIII: Thermoacoustic Tomography with Microwave Excitation -- chapter 26 Thermoacoustic Computed Tomography of the Breast -- chapter 27 Microwave-Induced Acoustic (Thermoacoustic) Tomography -- part Part IX: Functional and Molecular Photoacoustic Tomography -- chapter 28 Functional and Molecular Photoacoustic Tomography of Small-Animal Brains -- chapter 29 Photoacoustic Imaging of Gene Expression in Small Animals In Vivo -- part Part X: Photoacoustic Tomography with Nanoparticles -- chapter 30 Gold and Silver Nanoparticles as Contrast Agents for Optoacoustic Tomography -- chapter 31 Photoacoustic Flow Measurements with Gold Nanoparticles -- chapter 32 Photoacoustic Imaging and Therapy Utilizing Molecular Specific Plasmonic Nanoparticles -- part Part XI: Photoacoustic Tomography of Breasts, Joints, and Vessels -- chapter 33 Optoacoustic Tomography of the Breast -- chapter 34 Photoacoustic Mammography with a Flat Detection Geometry -- chapter 35 Photoacoustic Tomography: A New Imaging Technology for Inflammatory Arthritis -- chapter 36 Intravascular Photoacoustic Imaging of Atherosclerosis -- chapter 37 Photoacoustic Depth Determination and Imaging of Port Wine Stain Birthmarks -- part Part XII: Multimodal Imaging -- chapter 38 Thermoacoustic Reconstruction in Acoustically Heterogeneous Media with the Aid of Ultrasound Tomography -- chapter 39 Role of Photoacoustic and Ultrasound Imaging in Photothermal Therapy.