HIGH-VOLUME ON-LINE SPECTROSCOPIC COMPOSITION TESTING OF PHARMACEUTICAL DOSAGE UNITS

摘要

A pharmaceutical dosage unit manufacturing process control apparatus. This apparatus includes an image sensor (10) including an array of detector elements located generally along an axis that is perpendicular to a direction of flow of pharmaceutical dosage units (18), a spectrally selective element (12) located in an optical path between a radiation source, the flow of pharmaceutical dosage units, and the image sensor. A spectral processor is responsive to an output of the array sensor (26).