Microstructural analysis of porous composite materials: Dynamic imaging of drug dissolution and diffusion through porous matrices

AAPS Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 560-564

  Young, Paul M ^a   Nguyen, Kathy ^a   Jones, Allan S ^a   Traini, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dissolution and diffusion; Microstructure; Porousmatrix; X ray computerised microtomography

Indexed keywords

FERROUS SULFATE; FERROUS ION; RESIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DIFFUSION; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MOLECULAR IMAGING; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TABLET POROSITY; X RAY; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; POROSITY; SOLUBILITY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TABLET;

COMPOSITE RESINS; DIFFUSION; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROCHEMISTRY; POROSITY; SOLUBILITY; SOLUTIONS; TABLETS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 65549117557     PISSN: 15507416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1208/s12248-008-9063-2     Document Type: Article

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