[Importance of MR tomography for the diagnosis of bone marrow diseases in childhood].

As a diagnostic and follow-up method of bone marrow diseases in children, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) possesses special importance. It is characterised by high sensitivity in detecting bone marrow lesions, high soft tissue--bone tissue contrast, sharp demarcation of intraosseous lesions and visualisation of vascular structures without application of contrast medium. Thus it is able above all to take on the findings of radionuclide bone scanning, computed tomography and angiography. In the detection of pathophysiological alterations of the corticalis and of calcifications it is less reliable than x-ray images and CT.