Interpreting timed barium esophagram (TBE) results with a multimetric classification tree is more accurate for identifying disorders of achalasia than conventional interpretation, according to ...

The assessment of disease severity in patients with achalasia is difficult. Timed barium esophagography (TBE) can be used to assess esophageal emptying by measuring the height of the barium column in ...

A barium swallow is a type of test used to look inside the esophagus, or food pipe. A doctor might recommend this test if they need to look at the outline of any part of a person’s digestive system.

Following the ingestion of a fixed volume of barium, sequential radiographs are taken at 1, 2, and 5 minutes. The three panels demonstrate a lack of emptying with a fixed column of barium persisting ...