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“Tissue Processing” with Atmospheric Plasmas
Author(s) -
Stoffels E.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
contributions to plasma physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1521-3986
pISSN - 0863-1042
DOI - 10.1002/ctpp.200710007
Subject(s) - plasma , thermal , ablation , materials science , plasma processing , materials processing , atmospheric pressure plasma , thermal equilibrium , nanotechnology , environmental science , nuclear engineering , process engineering , physics , thermodynamics , aerospace engineering , engineering , nuclear physics
This article surveys current applications of gas discharges in various medical procedures. Various designs of non‐equilibrium plasma sources are described, with special attention to cold plasma devices. In “tissue processing”, two approaches are distinguished: thermal processing, such as heat‐induced coagulation, desiccation, cutting and ablation, and non‐thermal processing, based on sub‐lethal plasma effects on living cells. The latter technique requires special low‐power sources, which operate at the body temperature. (© 2007 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)