Drug tablet thickness estimations using air-coupled acoustics

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 351, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 165-173

  Akseli, Ilgaz ^a   Cetinkaya, Cetin ^a  

^a Clarkson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic process monitoring; Drug tablet coating; PAT; Process Analytical Technology; Tablet coating thickness; Thickness measurements

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG COATING; INTERFEROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TABLET THICKNESS; TRANSDUCER;

ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHMS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FORECASTING; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; TABLETS; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL; VIBRATION;

EID: 38749100236     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2007.09.036     Document Type: Article

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