%0 Journal Article %T What Is Detection? %A Sen Qian %J Detection %P 7-9 %@ 2331-2084 %D 2014 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/detection.2014.22002 %X ¡°Detection¡±, literally, in English, is the extraction of particular information from a larger stream of information without specific cooperation from or synchronization with the sender. In Chinese, detection means inspection and measurement of the object or phenomenon, which couldn¡¯t be directly observed, with apparatus, such as detecting space and the depth of the sea. %K detection %K detector %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=44601