Validation of terahertz coating thickness measurements using X-ray microtomography

Molecular Pharmaceutics

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3551-3559

  Russe, Isabelle Sophie ^a,b   Brock, Daniela ^a,b   Knop, Klaus ^b   Kleinebudde, Peter ^b   Zeitler, J Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

coating quality; coating thickness; film coating; nondestructive analysis; terahertz pulsed imaging; X ray microtomography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DRUG COATING; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHONON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS CONTROL; REFRACTION INDEX; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TABLET MATRIX; TABLET POROSITY; TABLET SURFACE; TABLET THICKNESS; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

DRUG COMPOUNDING; HUMANS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TABLETS, ENTERIC-COATED; TERAHERTZ IMAGING; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84870528833     PISSN: 15438384     EISSN: 15438392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/mp300383y     Document Type: Article

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