Patents by Inventor Junle Qu

Junle Qu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20260044932
    Abstract: A deep learning-based super-resolution fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (SR-FLIM) method includes the steps of: S1, performing fluorescence microscopic imaging on a sample to obtain confocal intensity images and stimulated emission depletion (STED) intensity images at a same location; S2, co-registering the acquired confocal and STED intensity images; S3, pairing the co-registered confocal and STED intensity images as input (Input) and ground truth (GT) to assemble a dataset; S4, partitioning the dataset into training and validation sets following a predefined ratio; and S5, constructing a network, and selecting hyperparameters and an optimizer. This method may achieve SR-FLIM within a conventional confocal FLIM system, surpassing spatial resolution limitations of FLIM, breaking through resolution barriers of conventional optical microscopy, while preserving normal fluorescence lifetime characteristics of fluorescent probes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2025
    Publication date: February 12, 2026
    Inventors: Junle QU, Qinglin CHEN, Luwei WANG, Xuegang ZHU, Liwei LIU, Xiaoyu WENG
  • Patent number: 10968386
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pentamethine cyanine dye of formula (I) and a method of producing the same, where the dye is suitable as a fluorescent material for the STORM and SOFI super-resolution imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Shenzhen University
    Inventors: Zhigang Yang, Junle Qu, Wufan Liu
  • Patent number: 10889719
    Abstract: Disclosed are a fluorescent dye, a preparation method and an application thereof. The fluorescent dye has a structure of formula (I), where X and Y are independently selected from O, S, C(CH3)2 and NR6; R2 and R3 are independently hydrogen or a functional group; R1, R4, R5 and R6 are independently selected from functional groups; and Z? is a negative ion. The fluorescent dye has an ability to permeate the living cell membrane, so that it can be used in the fluorescence imaging of living cell microstructures, and can also be used in the STED super-resolution fluorescence imaging and laser scanning confocal microscopy of live cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Shenzhen University
    Inventors: Zhigang Yang, Junle Qu
  • Publication number: 20200095499
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pentamethine cyanine dye of formula (I) and a method of producing the same, where the dye is suitable as a fluorescent material for the STORM and SOFI super-resolution imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Zhigang YANG, Junle QU, Wufan LIU
  • Publication number: 20200095425
    Abstract: Disclosed are a fluorescent dye, a preparation method and an application thereof. The fluorescent dye has a structure of formula (I), where X and Y are independently selected from O, S, C(CH3)2 and NR6; R2 and R3 are independently hydrogen or a functional group: R1, R4, R5 and R6 are independently selected from functional groups; and Z? is a negative ion. The fluorescent dye has an ability to permeate the living cell membrane, so that it can be used in the fluorescence imaging of living cell microstructures, and can also be used in the STED super-resolution fluorescence imaging and laser scanning confocal microscopy of live cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Zhigang YANG, Junle QU
  • Patent number: 7364296
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of optical imaging comprising providing a sample to be imaged, measuring and correcting aberrations associated with the sample using adaptive optics, and imaging the sample by optical coherence tomography. The method can be used to image the fundus of a human eye to provide diagnostic information about retinal pathologies such as macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, glaucoma, or diabetic retinopathy. The invention further provides an apparatus comprising an adaptive optics subsystem and a two-dimensional optical coherence tomography subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: University of Rochester
    Inventors: Donald T. Miller, Ravi S. Jonnal, Junle Qu, Karen E. Thorn
  • Publication number: 20060058682
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of optical imaging comprising providing a sample to be imaged, measuring and correcting aberrations associated with the sample using adaptive optics, and imaging the sample by optical coherence tomography. The method can be used to image the fundus of a human eye to provide diagnostic information about retinal pathologies such as macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, glaucoma, or diabetic retinopathy. The invention further provides an apparatus comprising an adaptive optics subsystem and a two-dimensional optical coherence tomography subsystem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Donald Miller, Ravi Jonnal, Junle Qu, Karen Thorn