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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2007
Itsuo Fujiwara, Kanagawa, JP;
Itsuo Fujiwara, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a photothermographic material having, on one side of a support, an image forming layer including at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and a binder, and at least one non-photosensitive layer which is disposed on the same side of the support as the image forming layer and farther from the support than the image forming layer, wherein the non-photosensitive layer includes at least a copolymer latex of an acrylate or methacrylate having a fluorine atom and a monomer component having a hydrophobic group, and the surface of the side having the image forming layer includes convex portions having a height of 1.5 μm or higher in an amount of from 20 to 2000 per 1 mm. A photothermographic material which exhibits excellent film physical properties and high image quality is provided.