Medical imaging monitors pharmaceutical process health
by Industrial Tomography Systems
Tomography is widely used in medical imaging, but it also can be a useful process analytical technologies (PAT) tool for process development and optimization. For example, pharmaceutical manufacturers can use electrical process tomography (ERT) to check the completeness of mixing in a process vessel by scanning the whole volume of the vessel. In this white paper, Industrial Tomography Systems explains how ERT technology works and the role it can play as a process tool.
Electrical process tomography (ERT) uses a simple sensor network coupled with highly sophisticated electronics and software to provide images of the distribution of materials in the sensing volume and other data. ERT can pick up regional variations and changes, providing statistics over space and over time. Possible applications in pharmaceutical manufacturing include ensuring good dispersion of solids in liquids, viewing the separation of organic and aqueous phases, checking the onset of crystalization, and analyzing the dissolution of slow-release capsules.
| Published: | 2005 |
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| Length: | 4 pages |
| Type: | White paper |
| Language: | English |
