Photographic silver halide material for mammography

A photographic material for mammography comprising a transparent support and at least one light-sensitive emulsion layer containing silver halide grains, said emulsion layer(s) being located on only one side of said support and said material being characterised by a sensitometric curve of optical density as a function of relative logarithmic exposure (hereinafter referred to as logE), having

• (i) an average gradation of at least 3.5 between the two points where the optical density is Dmin+1.0 and Dmin+2.5 (Dmin being defined as the optical density obtained after processing the unexposed film);
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• (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);
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• (iii) an optical density of at least 3.7 at the point where logE equals SP+1.3.