System and method for estimating tissue heating of a target ablation zone for electrical-energy based therapies

A method of treatment planning for medical therapies involving administering electrical treatment energy, the method comprising:

• providing one or more parameters of a treatment protocol for delivering one or more electrical pulses to tissue through one or more electrodes;
• modeling heat and/or electric field distribution in the tissue based on the parameters;
• and
• displaying a graphical representation of the modeled heat and/or electric field distribution.

A system for treatment planning for medical therapies involving administering electrical treatment energy, the system comprising:

• a computer comprising:
• a memory;
• a display device;
• a processor coupled to the memory and the display device;
• and
• a treatment planning module stored in the memory and executable by the processor, the treatment planning module adapted to:
• receive as input one or more parameters of a treatment protocol for delivering electrical pulses to tissue through one or more electrodes;
• model heat and/or electric field distribution in the tissue based on the parameters;
• display a graphical representation of the modeled heat and/or electric field distribution on the display device.