Financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation (81071279, 8100019) and the National Technology Support Plan (2009BAI 86B05) is gratefully acknowledged. We are grateful to be licensed for the use of Continuity 6.3b software from National Biomedical Computation Resources (National Institutes of Health Grant P41-RR-08605), Cardiac Mechanics Research Group, University of California, San Diego, USA.
We investigated the prostate elasticity displayed by elastography and its correlation with the content and distribution of collagen type I (Col1) and type III (Col3). A total of 62 patients underwent transrectal r...