A method of changing the volume of an intra-bilayer membrane space of at least one bilayer membranous structure of a target tissue. The method comprises providing at least one characteristic of a target tissue having at least one bilayer membranous structure, selecting an acoustic energy transmission pattern set to change a volume of an intra-bilayer membrane space of a bilayer membrane of the at least one bilayer membranous structure according to the at least one characteristic, and applying acoustic energy on the target tissue according to the selected acoustic energy transmission pattern.