1. A method for predicting tissue fate, the steps comprising: a) acquiring data from the tissues with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system that contains information indicative of a physiological parameter related to tissue health; b) reconstructing an image of the tissues from the acquired data; c) calculating from the acquired data a physiological parameter at tissue locations in the reconstructed image; d) selecting a core region in the reconstructed image; e) calculating a location parameter related to the distance of each of said tissue locations from the core region; and f) predicting the fate of tissues at each of said tissue locations using a predetermined model that employs as inputs the physiological parameter and the location parameter.