In order to standardize the application of imaging techniques in the clinical diagnosis and treatment of patients with Takayasu arteritis in China,the protocol for development of the guidelines for the imaging diagnosis and treatment of Takayasu arteritis was written by Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University,the Rheumatology Committee of Chinese Medical Association,China Primary Health Care Foundation,and the Evidence-Based Medicine Center of Fudan University.The guideline working group will standardize the development of guidelines based on the existing imaging literature evidence of Takayasu arteritis and with reference to the WHO Guideline Development Manual.This protocol mainly introduced the significance of guideline formulation,the formation of working group,the selection of clinical problems,evidence retrieval and evaluation,the formation and publication of guidelines and other processes.