Pore size distribution in tablets measured with a morphological sieve

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 342, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 176-183

  Wu, Yu San ^a   van Vliet, Lucas J ^b   Frijlink, Henderik W ^a   van der Voort Maarschalk, Kees ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Faculty of Applied Sciences   (Netherlands)

^c NV Organon ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Imaging; Pore size distribution; Porosity; Tabletting

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TABLET;

ALGORITHMS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MERCURY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; POWDERS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TABLETS;

EID: 34547920363     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2007.05.011     Document Type: Article

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