The Medical Imaging and Technology Association plans to make formal recommendations to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to reconsider its exclusionary coverage of PET and PET/CT.

The Food and Drug Administration has granted 501(k) market clearance for a bundle of display and calibration software by QUBYX Software Technologies Inc.

Zecotek Photonics Inc., based in Germany, announced this week it signed an agreement with Seoul, Korea-based Nucare Medical Systems to integrate a high-performance PET scanner.

The Susan G. Komen for the Cure reversed on Friday its decision to stop funding Planned Parenthood breast cancer screenings for women.

Belgium-based Barco Inc., a global technology company that specializes in display monitors, has acquired UK-based JAOtech, a leading manufacturer of bedside terminals for hospitals.

The Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday it had reached an agreement on recommendations to reauthorize medical device user fees.

A study that looked at 4.1 million imaging studies performed at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston between 2000 and 2010 indicates that fears that clinicians may reject electronic ordering of imaging studies with built-in computerized decision support may be unfounded.

Canon Europe said Tuesday that it had acquired Dutch-based Delft Digital Imaging, strengthening Canon’s position in the medical imaging arena, according to a press release.