Ultrasound technology has been used for years to check on the health of unborn babies, and over the past ten years, that technology has gone from standard black and white two dimensional images ...

Researchers now believe they can show the effects using images from 4D scans and encourage women to give up smoking in ...

Researchers who studied 4D scans of 15 healthy fetuses also said they think yawning is a developmental process which could potentially give doctors a new way to check on a baby's health.

Stunning 4D scans have revealed that babies practise smiling while in the womb – so that they can bond with their parents once they are born.

Young mother, Jennifer Bowen, 25 from Middlesbrough, who is 31 weeks pregnant, was determined to have a 4D scan after missing out when she had her first baby and only seeing her son after he was born.

Mums-to-be are usually advised to have a 4D scan around 26-32 weeks. This way, the baby will be developed enough to see their features.

In short, 4D ultrasound imaging is a 3D ultrasound in live motion. 4D ultrasounds utilize either a 2D transducer, which rapidly acquires 20-30 volumes or a matrix array, which instead uses a 3D ...