Polaroid Corporation

The Dupont Merck Pharmaceutical Company

Christopher E Orvig

Edward C Taylor

David Scott Edwards

Peter Viski

Gary E Cargill

Michael J Poirier

There are described heat-developable photosensitive image-recording elements which have an alkali-generating system incorporated therein. In the alkali-generating system, a slightly water-soluble metal compound is reacted with a salt of 2-hydroxy-pyridine-N-oxide, or its derivatives, in the presence of a fluid such as water, to form an insoluble precipitate and the alkali required for silver image development during processing. The image-recording materials are useful as image-forming materials in thermographic and photothermographic processes.

Image-recording element

Disclosed are cationic complexes of Tc-99m and ligands having the structure: ##STR1## wherein: R.sup.1 is hydrogen or is selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1 to C.sub.20 alkyl; C.sub.3 to C.sub.12 cycloalkyl; C.sub.7 to C.sub.24 aralkyl; C.sub.2 to C.sub.16 alkyl ethers, thioethers, ketones or esters; C.sub.7 to C.sub.27 aralkyl ethers;

Technetium-99m complexes with N-substituted 3-hydroxy-4-pyridinones

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Christopher E Orvig