Patent ID: 11950958
Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 9:
10. An apparatus, comprising:
a controller configured to cause transmit of an ultrasound treatment pulse to a treatment region of a subject, the treatment region comprising a plurality of microbubbles; and
one or more processors configured to identify at least one microbubble echo signature indicative of a dynamic state of the plurality of microbubbles in response to the ultrasound treatment pulse,
wherein the at least one microbubble echo signature is identified from received microbubble echoes comprising a reflection of the ultrasound treatment pulse by the plurality of microbubbles,
wherein the received microbubble echoes is distinct from imaging echoes for ultrasonically imaging the treatment region,
wherein the at least one microbubble echo signature comprises at least one of:
a frequency of the received microbubble echoes;
an intensity of the received microbubble echoes; or
a change over time of the intensity of the received microbubble echoes, and

wherein the controller is configured to adjust one or more parameters of an additional ultrasound pulse transmitted to the treatment region based on the at least one microbubble echo signature.