等離子醫學結合等離子物理學生命科學臨床病學嘅新興嘅研究領域。加下用喺消毒,治療同癌症嘅研究[1]。大多數研究喺試管實驗同動物模型進行。

放射等離子源通常係「低溫」同埋一個大氣壓力之下操作,「低溫」喺呢度即係同室溫差唔多,以 50 °C 為上限以防止燒傷,等離子之中有百萬分之一帶電,其餘嘅係中性氣體。放射等離子兩個方法:無聲放電(Dielectric-barrier discharges,DBD)或者大氣壓等離子體噴射流(Atmospheric pressure plasma jets,APPJs)。

DBD 醫學儀器兩支電極,一支用係喺傷患處,另一極用介電質物料(如氧化鋁石英)接駁人體之上。 目前 DBD 醫療研究用喺整死細菌[2]、醫皮膚病、傷口、同埋腫瘤[3],仲有皮膚表面消毒。

APPJs 用噴射氣流,將帶電嘅等離子,送到去患處或樣本上面。噴射氣流實驗設計有好多款式[4]。一般用氣或氣,有時加少少(低過 5%)氣、氣、氣。稀有氣體嘅氣流,一方面將活性氫原子同氧氮分子送出,另一方面隔開室內空氣[5]

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  2. Laroussi, M., Richardson, J. P., and Dobbs, F. C. “ Effects of Non-Equilibrium Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas on the Heterotrophic Pathways of Bacteria and on their Cell Morphology”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, pp. 772-774, (2002)
  3. Vandamme M., Robert E., Dozias S., Sobilo J., Lerondel S., Le Pape A., Pouvesle J.M., 2011. Response of human glioma U87 xenografted on mice to non thermal plasma treatment. Plasma Medicine 1:27-43.
  4. Lu, X (2012). "On atmospheric-pressure non-equilibrium plasma jets and plasma bullets". Plasma Sources Science and Technology. 21 (3): 034005. Bibcode:2012PSST...21c4005L. doi:10.1088/0963-0252/21/3/034005.
  5. Norberg, Seth A.; Johnsen, Eric; Kushner, Mark J. (2015-01-01). "Formation of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species by repetitive negatively pulsed helium atmospheric pressure plasma jets propagating into humid air". Plasma Sources Science and Technology (英文). 24 (3): 035026. Bibcode:2015PSST...24c5026N. doi:10.1088/0963-0252/24/3/035026. ISSN 0963-0252.