Planning therapeutic ultrasound treatment

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions executable by one or more processors to plan therapeutic ultrasound treatment of a three-dimensional tissue region, the instructions comprising:

• providing a three-dimensional tissue model of the three-dimensional tissue region containing at least one material parameter relating to deformability, elasticity, or deformability and elasticity of a corresponding material of the three-dimensional tissue region in spatially resolved, directionally resolved, or spatially and directionally resolved form;
• determining, based on the three-dimensional tissue model, part of the tissue region as a treatment region;
• and
• depending on the three-dimensional tissue model and the treatment region, generating a therapeutic plan for the therapeutic ultrasound treatment, such that the at least one material parameter is changed in a predefined manner,
• wherein the therapeutic plan includes:
• at least one characterization parameter that characterizes a plurality of lesions that are generatable by a therapeutic ultrasound apparatus in the treatment region with respect to spatial arrangement, respective pose, respective shape, or any combination thereof;
• at least one configuration parameter for the therapeutic ultrasound apparatus for generating the plurality of lesions;
• or
• a combination thereof, and
• wherein the therapeutic plan is created, such that the at least one characterization parameter characterizes an anisotropic distribution of the plurality of lesions to change the deformability, elasticity, or deformability and elasticity of the corresponding material of the three-dimensional tissue region.

A data processing apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor configured to plan therapeutic ultrasound treatment of a three-dimensional tissue region, the plan of the therapeutic ultrasound treatment comprising:
• provision of a three-dimensional tissue model of the three-dimensional tissue region containing at least one material parameter relating to deformability, elasticity, or deformability and elasticity of a corresponding material of the three-dimensional tissue region in spatially resolved, directionally resolved, or spatially and directionally resolved form;
• determination, based on the three-dimensional tissue model, of part of the tissue region as a treatment region;
• and
• depending on the three-dimensional tissue model and the treatment region, generation of a therapeutic plan for the therapeutic ultrasound treatment, such that the at least one material parameter is changed in a predefined manner,
• wherein the therapeutic plan includes:
• at least one characterization parameter that characterizes a plurality of lesions that are generatable by a therapeutic ultrasound apparatus in the treatment region with respect to spatial arrangement, respective pose, respective shape, or any combination thereof,
• at least one configuration parameter for the therapeutic ultrasound apparatus for generating the plurality of lesions;
• or
• a combination thereof, and
• wherein the therapeutic plan is created, such that the at least one characterization parameter characterizes an anisotropic distribution of the plurality of lesions to change the deformability, elasticity, or deformability and elasticity of the corresponding material of the three-dimensional tissue region.