Hardness and density distributions of pharmaceutical tablets measured by terahertz pulsed imaging

Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2179-2186

  May, Robert K ^a   Su, Ke ^a   Han, Lianghao ^a   Zhong, Shuncong ^b,d   Elliott, James A ^a   Gladden, Lynn F ^a   Evans, Mike ^c   Shen, Yaochun ^b   Zeitler, J Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c TERAVIEW LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Compaction; Density distribution; Diametral compression test (DCT); Finite element analysis (FEA); Imaging methods; Mechanical properties; Processing; Tablet hardness testing; Tableting; Terahertz pulsed imaging (TPI)

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MANUFACTURE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; REFRACTION INDEX; SIMULATION; TABLET COMPRESSION; TABLET HARDNESS; TABLET PROPERTY; TABLET SURFACE DENSITY; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84879023035     PISSN: 00223549     EISSN: 15206017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jps.23560     Document Type: Article

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