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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2006
Katsuhisa Ohzeki, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhisa Ohzeki, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A photothermographic material having, on at least one side of a support, an image forming layer including at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive silver salt of a fatty acid, a reducing agent, and a binder, wherein 1) the photosensitive silver halide has an average silver iodide content of 40 mol % or higher, and 2) the photothermographic material includes a compound represented by the following formula (I) or a salt thereof:R—C≡C—R'  Formula (I)wherein Rand R′ each independently represent a hydrogen atom, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, aryl group, or heterocyclic group, and Rand R′ are not simultaneously a hydrogen atom. The invention provides a photothermographic material which exhibits high sensitivity and excellent image storability, and an image forming method.