What's the difference between an MRI, an ultrasound and a sonogram in pregnancy? An ultrasound uses sound waves to capture fetal images. Those sound waves "bounce off the tissues in the body ...

Foetal MRI may offer greater diagnostic and prognostic value over ultrasound, especially in cases of brain anomalies, a ...

Doctors who care for pregnant women are not accustomed to ordering whole-body MRI tests, Vora said, and these scans, which can cost $1,000 to $2,000, may not be covered by health insurance.

The 31-year-old from St Helens, Merseyside, noticed halfway through her pregnany she couldn't curl her toes, and pressed doctors to give her an MRI scan - an the results were catastrophic.