Abstract
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) requires early diagnostic tools beyond conventional methods. Therefore, it is of interest to establish normative renal cortical elasticity values using point Shear Wave Elastography (pSWE) in 289 healthy adults aged 20-50 years in Ranchi, India. Mean elasticity was 1.53 ± 0.196 m/sec (right kidney) and 1.52 ± 0.130 m/sec (left), with no significant side difference. Elasticity showed no association with age, gender, renal dimensions, or cortical thickness, but demonstrated a significant negative correlation with BMI and parenchymal thickness. These reference values support future SWE-based evaluation of renal pathologies in the Indian population.