Patent ID: 9022939
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for ultrasound imaging of body tissue, the method comprising acts of: orienting a focused ultrasound (FUS) transducer relative to the body such that ultrasonic waves generated by the FUS transducer are directed at a focal point at a location in or around the tissue being imaged; operating the FUS transducer to cause a formation of at least one microbubble in the tissue at the focal point of the FUS transducer which is situated in or around the body tissue and at a desired time in the imaging procedure; acquiring an ultrasound image of the tissue after the formation of each of the at least one microbubble and within a period of time in which the microbubble is still present in the tissue; and correcting for phase aberration in the acquired ultrasound image using the at least one microbubble as a point source.