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diff --git a/deepcell/__init__.py b/deepcell/__init__.py
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-# Copyright 2016-2024 The Van Valen Lab at the California Institute of
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 """Package for single cell image segmentation with convolutional neural networks"""
 
 

diff --git a/deepcell/_version.py b/deepcell/_version.py
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 __title__ = 'DeepCell'
 __description__ = 'Deep learning for single cell image segmentation'
 __url__ = 'https://github.com/vanvalenlab/deepcell-tf'

diff --git a/deepcell/applications/__init__.py b/deepcell/applications/__init__.py
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 """Deepcell Applications - Pre-trained models for specific functions"""
 
 

diff --git a/deepcell/applications/application.py b/deepcell/applications/application.py
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-# Copyright 2016-2024 The Van Valen Lab at the California Institute of
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 """Base class for applications"""
 
 

diff --git a/deepcell/applications/application_test.py b/deepcell/applications/application_test.py
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 """Tests for Application"""
 
 

diff --git a/deepcell/applications/cell_tracking.py b/deepcell/applications/cell_tracking.py
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 """A model that can detect whether 2 cells are same, different, or related."""
 
 

diff --git a/deepcell/applications/cell_tracking_test.py b/deepcell/applications/cell_tracking_test.py
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 """Tests for CellTracking Application"""
 
 

diff --git a/deepcell/applications/cytoplasm_segmentation.py b/deepcell/applications/cytoplasm_segmentation.py
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 """Cytoplasmic segmentation application"""
 
 

diff --git a/deepcell/applications/cytoplasm_segmentation_test.py b/deepcell/applications/cytoplasm_segmentation_test.py
@@ -1,28 +1,3 @@
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 """Tests for CytoplasmSegmentationModel"""
 
 

diff --git a/deepcell/applications/label_detection.py b/deepcell/applications/label_detection.py
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 """Classify the type of an input image to send the data to the correct model"""
 
 

diff --git a/deepcell/applications/label_detection_test.py b/deepcell/applications/label_detection_test.py
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 """Tests for LabelDetectionModel"""