Particle sizing measurements in pharmaceutical applications: Comparison of in-process methods versus off-line methods

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Volumn 85, Issue 3 PART B, 2013, Pages 1006-1018

  Silva, Ana F T ^a,d   Burggraeve, Anneleen ^a   Denon, Quenten ^a   Van Der Meeren, Paul ^a   Sandler, Niklas ^b   Van Den Kerkhof, Tom ^c   Hellings, Mario ^c   Vervaet, Chris ^a   Remon, Jean Paul ^a   Lopes, João Almeida ^d   De Beer, Thomas ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Eyecon ; FBRM; In process; Inline; Laser diffraction; Particle size; PAT; Photometric Stereo Imaging; Spatial Filtering Velocimetry

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; DISPERSION; EYECON TECHNOLOGY; FLASHSIZER; FOCUSED BEAM REFLECTANCE MEASUREMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER DIFFRACTION; MALVERN MASTERSIZER; PARSUM; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOMETRIC STEREO IMAGING; SIEVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL FILTERING VELOCIMETRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EYECON®; FBRM; IN-PROCESS; INLINE; LASER DIFFRACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PAT; PHOTOMETRIC STEREO IMAGING; SPATIAL FILTERING VELOCIMETRY;

CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; LASERS; LIGHT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RHEOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 84889098831     PISSN: 09396411     EISSN: 18733441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2013.03.032     Document Type: Article

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