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ASL was used to evaluate 54 children with recently diagnosed brain tumors using a pseudocontinuous technique and blood flow was calculated for all masses. Blood flow was higher in grade 3 and 4 tumors than in lower grade ones. Although ASL was unable to separate tumors by histology, perfusion was found to be higher in medulloblastomas than in pylocytic astrocytomas.