Development and application of terahertz pulsed imaging for nondestructive inspection of pharmaceutical tablet

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 407-415

  Shen, Yao Chun ^a   Taday, Philip F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b TERAVIEW LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical mapping; Multilayer coatings; Pharmaceutical tablet; Structural mapping; Terahertz pulsed imaging (TPI)

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; COATINGS; DIFFRACTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; POLYMORPHISM; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

CHEMICAL MAPPING; MULTILAYER COATINGS; PHARMACEUTICAL TABLETS; STRUCTURAL MAPPING; TERAHERTZ PULSED IMAGING (TPI);

DRUG PRODUCTS;

EID: 41949134041     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.911309     Document Type: Article

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