[The diagnostic value of brain scanning in children (author's transl)].

The results of brain scanning of children up to the age of 16 (192 patients) show that cerebral tumors could be accurately detected in 44 out of 50 cases (88%) and cerebellar tumors in 22 out 32 cases (69%). The characteristics of the individual kinds of tumors were discussed but classification by means of brain scanning is not yet possible, due to the limited experience with tumors of children. For in-patient studies, together with contrast methods, and for out-patient examinations with X-ray, EEG, and echoencephalography, brain scanning improves the diagnostic possibilities to a large extent.