Patent Document ID: 9055921
Application ID: 13867822
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of characterizing tissue, comprising: collecting ultrasound echo information from a portion of an imaged body; applying a first filter band of a filter to a near range portion of the ultrasound echo information to render near range filtered echo information, the filter having the first filter band and a second filter band that completely covers and is broader than a frequency range of the first filter band; applying a first characterization criterion to the near range filtered echo information to render a near range tissue characterization image; applying the second filter band of the filter to a far range portion of the ultrasound echo information to render far range filtered echo information; applying at least one of the first and a second characterization criterion to the far range filtered echo information to render a far range tissue characterization image; and displaying an image based on the near range tissue characterization image and the far range tissue characterization image.