Applications of terahertz pulsed imaging to sustained-release tablet film coating quality assessment and dissolution performance

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-87

  Ho, Louise ^a,b,c   Müller, Ronny ^a,d   Gordon, Keith C ^a,e   Kleinebudde, Peter ^a,d   Pepper, Michael ^a,b,c   Rades, Thomas ^a   Shen, Yaochun ^a,c   Taday, Philip F ^a,c   Zeitler, J Axel ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c TERAVIEW LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dissolution; Scale up; Sustained release; Tablet coating; Terahertz pulsed imaging

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DISSOLUTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

DESTRUCTIVE IMAGING; SCALE UP; TABLET COATING; TERAHERTZ PULSED IMAGING; WEIGHT GAIN;

BIOFILMS;

ARTICLE; DRUG COATING; DRUG QUALITY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STUDENT T TEST; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; TABLET; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

DRUG COMPOUNDING; EXCIPIENTS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMERS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIO WAVES; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TABLETS, ENTERIC-COATED; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 40649113298     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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