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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2006
Kazutaka Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Funakubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoteru Miyake, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a black and white photothermographic material having, on at least one side of a support, an image forming layer containing at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent for silver ions, and a binder, as well as an image forming method. The black and white photothermographic material is characterized in that 50% or more of a total projected area of the photosensitive silver halide is occupied by tabular grains having a (111) face as a major face; the tabular grains have at least 2 parallel twin crystal planes in a grain; and a variation coefficient of a distribution of distances between closest twin crystal planes is 20% or less. Also provided is an image forming method that includes image exposure using fluorescent intensifying screens and thermal development.