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Medicine counterfeiting is a health and economic problem that the pharmaceutical field has to deal with. X-ray diffraction, known to be very specific in characterizing the structure of molecules, can be an interesting technique for detecting counterfeit drugs without having to take them out of their packaging.
In this context, we have developed a relatively compact system which combines the use of an integrated X-ray source and a compact high-performance CdZnTe imager. This system has been tested on several drugs and has shown its ability to easily detect counterfeit pharmaceuticals in their packaging in less than a few minutes.
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Joachim Tabary, Marie-Claude Gentet, Olivier Monnet, Christophe Greffe, Damien Koch, Nathalie Tallet, "A compact, in-line diffraction system to detect counterfeit pharmaceuticals in their packaging," Proc. SPIE 11738, Anomaly Detection and Imaging with X-Rays (ADIX) VI, 1173804 (12 April 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2589591