[en] Present status of the development of X-ray radiographic materials was considered ot assess the possibility of reducing labour content and time of obtaining of X-ray image by improvement in the conventional radiography based on film or it's change for processes with the use of low-silver and silver-free materials. The conclusion is made on the prospects of using diffusive photographic sets because of the possibility of reducing the labour content of processing, diminishing the time of imaging and reducing the radiography cost due to decrease in silver expense without considerable loss in image information capacity