[Nuclear magnetic resonance in pathology of the central nervous system in children].

The following study aims to establish the role of MRI in investigation of the CNS in children. 300 patients are examined, 220 affected by CNS disease. The examinations were performed using SE sequence (T1-weighted images TR = 350-700 ms TE = 30-60 ms; T2-weighted images TR = 1500-2000 ms TE = 50-200 ms). In most of the patients general anesthesia or sedation was necessary. Patients are divided into groups based on pathology and the advantages and shortcomings of MRI are discussed. In conclusion, MRI should be the technique of choice in the evaluation of malformative affections, white matter and inflammatory disease; it should be complementary to CT and angiography in tumors and vascular pathology.