Skip to main content

Table 1 Halo Score Grading

From: Halo score (temporal artery, its branches and axillary artery) as a diagnostic, prognostic and disease monitoring tool for Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA)

Halo Grading

Common superficial TA halo thickness (mm)

Parietal TA halo thickness (mm)

Frontal TA halo thickness (mm)

Axillary artery halo thickness (mm)

Grade 0

0.3 or less

0.2 or less

0.1 or less

0.5 or less

Grade 1

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.6

Grade 2

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.7–0.8

Grade 3

0.6–0.7

0.5*

0.4

0.9–1.5

Grade 4

0.8 or more

0.6 or more

0.5 or more

1.6 or more