title: The mathematical analysis of breath alcohol profiles generated during breath exhalation.
abstract: The mathematical analysis of time domain data provides a useful tool for evaluating biological and instrumental systems. Breath alcohol profile measurements generated during exhalation constitute biological signals that can be subjected to a variety of mathematical treatments. The present paper discusses the application of a variety of mathematical procedures to breath alcohol profiles. These mathematical procedures include model approximation, data smoothing, integration, differentiation, and fourier transformation. The different mathematical procedures provide insight into the physiology of breath alcohol measurement and suggest forensic as well as instrumental applications.
authors.affiliation: Washington State Patrol, Breath Test Section, Seattle 98108.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Gullberg
mesh_terms: D001944:Breath Tests / Q000379:methods*; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D000431:Ethanol / Q000032:analysis*; D005544:Forecasting; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008432:Mathematical Computing; D008954:Models, Biological; D012119:Respiration / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol