Ultrasound examinations may disrupt normal brain development in unborn babies, say Swedish scientists. They have urged mothers-to-be to avoid unnecessary ultrasonic scans, but not cancel routine ...

Fetal MRI was able to detect Zika-related brain damage as early as 18 weeks' gestation and picked up significant fetal brain abnormalities not fully apparent in ultrasound imaging.

Ultrasound scans can affect brain development. Aug. 7, 2006, 9:23 PM EDT / Source: The Associated Press. Exposure to ultrasound can affect fetal brain development, a new study suggests.

THURSDAY, Dec. 15, 2016 -- A follow-up MRI scan after a mid-pregnancy ultrasound could help improve diagnosis of a possible fetal brain abnormality, a new British study reports.

Additional brain scan could provide more certainty in diagnosing fetal brain abnormalities. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2016 / 12 / 161214212015.htm ...

Brain damage caused by Zika exposure in utero can be detected by both fetal MRI and ultrasound. ScienceDaily . Retrieved April 25, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2017 / 10 ...

In-utero MRI (iuMRI) improves diagnostic accuracy and confidence for fetal brain anomalies better than ultrasound alone, according to a study published in the Lancet.. Paul D Griffiths, FRCR, and ...

A particular strength of fetal MRI is accurate assessment of structural brain abnormalities that are sometimes difficult to detect using ultrasound. One of the major fetal MRI centres in Europe is ...

Study: Normative spatiotemporal fetal brain maturation with satisfactory development at 2 years.Image Credit: PeopleImages.com - Yuri A/Shutterstock.com. Background . The development of the human ...

Exposure to ultrasound while pregnant may affect brain development in the fetus, suggests a study on mice. But experts caution that it is too soon to extrapolate the findings to humans.