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The study was performed in the period from February 2011 to June 2012. The 127 patients gave their oral and written consent to participate in the study after receiving written and oral information about the study. The study protocol was approved by the Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics (REC) in Western Norway. http://www.selleckchem.com/products/Rapamycin.html The patients' characteristics are given in Table?1. The patients were included using active inclusion and the inclusion criteria were: PSA level of 3.0�C25.0?ng/mL and/or pathological DRE Age http://www.selleck.cn/products/Bleomycin-sulfate.html study. All patients were examined in the left lateral decubitus using a Hitachi Preirus US machine. The Hitachi Preirus was equipped with an RTE module (Hi-RTE). A V53W transrectal end-fire probe was used for RTE and targeted biopsies. A CC531 transrectal simultaneous biplane probe was used for standard systematic biopsies. RTE displays a colour-coded strain map called an elastogram, which is superimposed on the B-mode images in real-time. RTE visualises strain in the tissue using the extended combined autocorrelation method (ECAM) [6, 7]. The examination was performed using the default settings of the elastography software (E-dyn 4, frame rejection 6, noise rejection 4, smoothing 2, and persistence 3). Minimal compression and decompression of the prostate performed by the transrectal probe produced the RTE images. The machine gives feedback on the screen about the quality of the compression/decompression cycles. With training it is not hard to get consistent elastograms. The elastograms were presented simultaneously with the B-mode US images on a split-screen http://www.selleckchem.com/products/MG132.html monitor. Hi-RTE software displays elastograms using a scale from red (highest strain; soft), through green (average strain; intermediate), to blue (low strain; hard). Figure?1 shows an elastogram suspicious of cancer. The prostate was divided into six peripheral zone (PZ) regions excluding the transition zone (TZ) from the investigation [8]. Each region was examined for cancer suspicious lesions with both methods starting with B-mode. Prostate volume was calculated after measuring height, width, and length of prostate using the Hitachi software. The whole gland was then examined using RTE. If there were any suspicious (blue) areas, the examiner (Y.N.) would check their reproducibility. All reproducible suspicious areas would then undergo targeted biopsies. A maximum of five targeted biopsies were obtained.