About the Authors

Guy Elisha

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Sourav Halder

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Kenneth C. Griffin Esophageal Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Xinyi Liu

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Dustin A. Carlson

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Visualization

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Kenneth C. Griffin Esophageal Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Peter J. Kahrilas

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Kenneth C. Griffin Esophageal Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

John E. Pandolfino

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Kenneth C. Griffin Esophageal Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Neelesh A. Patankar

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

n-patankar@northwestern.edu

Affiliations Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

We have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: PJK and JEP hold shared intellectual property rights and ownership surrounding FLIP panometry systems, methods, and apparatus with Medtronic Inc. DAC speaks and consults for Medtronic Inc. PJK consults for Ironwood, Reckitt, and Johnson & Johnson. JEP has stock options in Crospon Inc.; consults for and speaks to Ironwood, Given Imaging, Sandhill Scientific, and Torax; speaks to Astra Zeneca and Takeda; and receives grant funding from Impleo. GE, SH, XL and NAP declare no competing interests.