Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) , which the early course of often lacks obvious specific symptoms and signs，refers to progressive renal dysfunction caused by a variety of causes. Once the course enters into the clinical stage of nephropathy, the damage is usually irreversible, so early diagnosis and treatment of chronic kidney disease are of great importance for delaying the progress of the disease and improving the quality of life.Nowadays many studies are exploring the prediction method of early stage nephropathy.Ultrasonic Ultrasonic Elastography (UE) is one of the hotspots in the field of ultrasound in recent years. It has been successfully applied to the clinical evaluation of thyroid, breast, prostate,liver, and other organs, but there are relatively few studies on the kidney,which is still in the preliminary stage.This paper reviews the research progress of elastography in CKD.