Patent ID: 6232058
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: G03C,Y10S

Abstract:
A direct radiographic film comprising a support and having disposed on at least one side thereof, a silver halide emulsion unit,the silver coverage in said silver halide emulsion unit being at least 7 g/m.sup.2 and said silver halide emulsion unit comprises silver halide grains that are sensitive to X-radiation and have at least 80 mol % bromide (based on total silver), no more than 3 mol % iodide (based on total silver), and a mean equivalent circular diameter of at least 0.8 .mu.m, said silver halide emulsion unit further comprising a silver halide desensitizer in an amount sufficient to reduce sensitivity of said silver halide grains to X-radiation by from about 0.02 log E to about 0.05 log E.