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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1998
Charles H. Weidner, Ontario, NY (US);
Dorothy T. Java, Fairport, NY (US);
Stephen A. Hershey, Victor, NY (US);
Elizabeth K. Priebe, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A photothermographic element comprises: (a) a support bearing on one surface thereof (b) a photosensitive emulsion layer (i) a binder; (ii) a light-insensitive organic silver salt, (iii) a reducing agent, and (iv) a photosensitive silver halide emulsion; (c) an antihalation dye incorporated in the emulsion layer, in a polymer layer under the photosensitive layer, in the support, or in a backside polymer layer; and (d) one or more tinting dyes such that the final color space of the film lies within the range defined by 220°<h,<260°, where h,is the psychometric hue angle, h,=arctan(b*/a*), as defined in the CIELAB color system.