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Localized surface plasmon resonance has shown good sensitivity and a high response\/recovery speed in odor sensing and converts chemical information such as odor information into optical information, which can be captured by charge-coupled device cameras. This suggests that the utilization of localized surface plasmon resonance has great potential in two-dimensional odor trace visualization. In this study, we developed a two-dimensional imaging system based on backside scattering from a localized surface plasmon resonance substrate to visualize odor traces, providing an intuitive representation of the spatiotemporal distribution of odor, and evaluated the performance of the system. In comparative experiments, we observed distinct differences between odor traces and disturbances caused by environmental factors in differential images. In addition, we noted changes in intensity at positions corresponding to the odor traces. Furthermore, for indoor experiments, we developed a method of finding the optimal capture time by comparing changes in differential images relative to the shape of the original odor trace. 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