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CDUS imaging may be used as an objective tool for assessing disease severity in Takayasu's arteritis. Development of a CDUS-K scoring system would be a supplementary tool to clinical scoring and the ITAS. CDUS imaging could be a cost-effective, non-invasive and reliable substitute for angiogram, especially for follow-up in Takayasu's arteritis patients.

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Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is characterized by chronic granulomatous inflammation of medium and large arteries with predilection for extra-cranial branches of the carotid arteries. GCA is considered as the most common type of primary vasculitis in the Western world; however, it is reported less frequently from the Indian subcontinent. 1,2 Ultrasonographic evaluation of superficial temporal arteries (STA) is becoming a common practice in the diagnosis of GCA because it

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Three or more flow signals and a RI ≤0.605 can be applied as USG criteria for sacroiliitis. USG can be a cost-effective and non-inferior modality compared with MRI in documenting sacroiliitis in early SpA.