Scanner will allow study of two-year-olds’ brains

A REVOLUTIONARY scanner will soon be allowing doctors to examine the brains of toddlers as they play.

The machine, designed to look like a space-rocket, will make it possible for the first time to carry out accurate surgery on two-year-olds suffering recurrent epileptic fits.

It could also lead to more accurate ways of diagnosing problems such as autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).