The invention relates to a method for automatic estimation of the growth
potential of cerebral infarcts, particularly in the acute phase, that is
to say in the six hours following survival of the stroke. The method
includes sequences of diffusion MRI images are obtained, the apparent
diffusion coefficient (ADC) is calculated at a multiplicity of points or
voxels of the cortical parenchyma, and locating and delimiting the
initial infarct and modelling the development of the infarct based on a
growth model.