. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 12.

Published in final edited form as: J Rheumatol. 2017 Sep 1;44(12):1928–1932. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.161269

Table 2.

Imaging findings by different modalities accepted as potential measures of disease activity for both giant cell arteritis and Takayasu arteritis.

Modality	Findings
CT angiography	Arterial stenosis
	Aneurysm
	Arterial wall thickening
	Arterial wall enhancement
PET-CT	Total uptake values
	Individual artery update values
	Relative uptake compared to liver
MR angiography	Arterial stenosis
	Aneurysm
	Arterial wall thickening
	Arterial wall enhancement
Ultrasound	Arterial stenosis
	Aneurysm
	Arterial wall thickening

CT: computerized tomography; PET: positron emission tomography; MR: magnetic resonance.