Abstract: A black-and-white silver halide photographic material is disclosed, said material comprising a support and on both sides thereof two light-sensitive emulsion layers and a protective antistress layer as an outermost layer, wherein per side of the support a total amount of silver, expressed as equivalent amount of silver nitrate of at least 5 g is coated, wherein the light-sensitive emulsion layer more close to the said outermost layer is provided with at least one spectrally sensitized silver halide emulsion having tabular emulsion crystals with {111} or {100} major faces, and wherein the emulsion layer more close to the said support is provided with at least one non-spectrally sensitized emulsion having essentially cubic silver halide emulsion crystals, characterized in that the said cubic emulsion crystals or the said tabular emulsion crystals or both have a halide composition including bromide.

Abstract: A photographic silver halide material and a method using said material for mammography are disclosed. The photographic material has a large dynamic range and a high contrast, so that lesions deep in the glandular tissue are accurately detected, and also clearly depicts thin tissue such as the skin line of the breast. The sensitometric curve of optical density versus logarithmic exposure logE of said photographic material is characterised by (i) an average gradation of at least 3.5 between Dmin+1.0 and Dmin+2.5; and (ii) a local gradient ranging from 0.7 to 1.8 and an optical density not higher than 3.5 at the point where logE equals SP+0.8 (SP being defined as the logE at which the optical density equals Dmin+1.0); and (iii) an optical density of at least 3.7 at the point where logE equals SP+1.3.

Abstract: According to this invention an assortment is offered of at least five silver halide industrial X-ray photographic materials, to be processed in the processing cycle of an automatic processing machine following the steps of developing, rinsing, fixing, rinsing and drying, wherein each of said film materials comprises at least one gelatino silver halide emulsion layer and at least one non-sensitive protective antistress coating on at least one side of a support, characterised in that for each of said materials belonging to the assortment the total amount of silver halide, expressed as the equivalent amount of silver nitrate, per square meter and per side is lying in the range from 7.

Abstract: In order to provide a direct-positive material having low contrast and extended latitude that can be manufactured in a consistent and reproducable way a multilayer direct-positive photographic material is disclosed as well as the process to provide it, characterized by the steps of coating on one side of a support at least two layers of direct positive silver halide emulsions of the externally fogged type, at least one layer of which comprises a mixture of direct positive silver halide emulsions of the externally fogged type and at least one layer of which comprises one or more filter dyes; overcoating said emulsion layers with at least one protective layer; coating on the other side of the support at least one backing layer.