Plasma medicine

• Main Author: Fridman, Alexander A., 1953-
• Other Authors: Friedman, Gary (Gary G.)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : John Wiley & Sons, 2013.
• Subjects: Biomedical engineering.; Plasma cells.; Wound healing.; Biomedical Engineering.; Plasma Gases > therapeutic use.; Plasma Gases > pharmacology.; Wound Healing.; MEDICAL > Allied Health Services > Medical Technology.; MEDICAL > Biotechnology.; MEDICAL > Family & General Practice.; MEDICAL > Lasers in Medicine.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Biomedical.; Electronic books.

"This comprehensive text is suitable for researchers and graduate students of a 'hot' new topic in medical physics. Written by the world's leading experts, this book aims to present recent developments in plasma medicine, both technological and scientific, reviewed in a fashion a...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to fundamental and applied aspects of plasma medicine
• Fundamentals of plasma physics and plasma chemistry relevant to biological and medical applications
• Selected concepts in biology and medicine for physical scientists
• Major plasma disharges and their applicability for plasma medicine
• Mechanisms of plasma interactions with cells
• Plasma sterilization of different surfaces and living tissues
• Plasma decontamination of water and air streams
• Plasma treatment of blood : non-thermal plasma-assisted blood coagulation and plasma control of blood properties
• Plasma assisted healing and treatment of diseases
• Plasma pharmacology
• Fundamentals of plasma-assisted tissue engineering and plasma processing of polymers.