Radiographic silver halide film for mammography with reduced dye stain
US6794105B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 19, 2003 |
| Grant date | Sep 21, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 1, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S430/167
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A radiographic silver halide film useful for mammography comprises a support having a cubic grain silver halide emulsion on one side. The cubic grains are spectrally sensitized with a combination of first and second spectral sensitizing dyes that provides a combined maximum J-aggregate absorption of from about 540 to about 560 nm. The first spectral sensitizing dye is an anionic benzimidazole-benzoxazole carbocyanine and the second spectral sensitizing dye is an anionic oxycarbocyanine. The first and second spectral sensitizing dyes are present in a molar ratio of from about 0.25:1 to about 4:1.
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