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Spectroscopy
News Release from: Teraview | Subject: TPI imaga 2000
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 22 February 2007
3D imaging makes waves in drug product
R+D
Complete three-dimensional imaging of intact tablet cores and coatings is now possible thanks to the launch by TeraView of the first commercial terahertz (THz) imaging system, the TPI imaga 2000
The TPI imaga 2000 is described as a revolutionary technology which will enhance production line QC and assurance testing within the manufacturing process through non-destructive volumetric imaging to determine tablet coating thickness, uniformity and distribution It will also enable the speedy identification of cracks, dislocations and other structural defects, such as delaminations in single and multilayer tablet cores
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 24 Jan 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The TPI imaga 2000 not only reveals structural imperfections such as cracks and delaminations, but is also able to map the ingredients in coating and core formulations.
As the world's first company solely devoted to the commercial application of THz light for spectroscopy and imaging, TeraView has developed the TPI imaga 2000 exploiting semi-conductor based THz pulsed technology.
Sitting between the microwave and infrared frequencies, THz represents the last unexplored region of the radio wave and light spectrum.
"The unobtrusive nature of the TPI imaga 2000, the impressive resolution of images, and the sheer speed of process to results, allows for tablet formulation evaluation, re-examination and application from pharmaceutical development through production line quality and assurance testing within the manufacturing process," commented Philip Taday, head of applications at TeraView .
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