A selection of heirloom tomatoes. Before the industrialization of agriculture, a much wider variety of plant foods were grown for human consumption. During the 19th and early 20th centuries the diversity was huge. Old nursery catalogues were filled with plums, peaches, pears and apples of numerous varieties.
The Multiple Gated Acquisition scan (MUGA) is. a noninvasive tool that creates a moving image of. the beating heart. It is used for assessing the. health of the cardiac ventricles (the heartâs major. pumping chambers).
What is cholescintigraphy (HIDA scan)? Cholescintigraphy is a test done by nuclear medicine physicians to diagnose obstruction of the bile ducts (for example, by a gallstone or a tumor), disease of the gallbladder, and bile leaks. It sometimes is referred to as a HIDA scan or a gallbladder scan.