diff --git a/applications/cell_tracking/cell_tracking_ctc.py b/applications/cell_tracking/cell_tracking_ctc.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env -S uv run --script
+#
+# /// script
+# requires-python = ">=3.10"
+# dependencies = [
+#   "tracksdata @ git+https://github.com/royerlab/tracksdata.git",
+#   "onnxruntime-gpu",
+#   "napari[pyqt5]",
+#   "gurobipy",
+#   "py-ctcmetrics==1.2.2",
+#   "spatial-graph",
+# ]
+# ///
+
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+import polars as pl
+import numpy as np
+import napari
+import onnxruntime as ort
+
+from dask.array.image import imread
+from numpy.typing import NDArray
+from toolz import curry
+from rich import print
+from scipy.ndimage import gaussian_filter
+
+import tracksdata as td
+
+
+def _seg_dir(dataset_dir: Path, dataset_num: str) -> Path:
+    return dataset_dir / f"{dataset_num}_ERR_SEG"
+
+
+def _pad(image: NDArray, shape: tuple[int, int], mode: str) -> NDArray:
+    """
+    Pad the image to the given shape.
+    """
+    diff = np.asarray(shape) - np.asarray(image.shape)
+
+    if diff.sum() == 0:
+        return image
+
+    left = diff // 2
+    right = diff - left
+
+    return np.pad(image, tuple(zip(left, right)), mode=mode)
+
+
+@curry
+def _crop_embedding(
+    frame: NDArray,
+    mask: list[td.nodes.Mask],
+    final_shape: tuple[int, int],
+    session: ort.InferenceSession,
+    input_name: str,
+) -> NDArray[np.float32]:
+    """
+    Crop the frame and compute the DynaCLR embedding.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    frame : NDArray
+        The frame to crop.
+    mask : Mask
+        The mask to crop the frame.
+    shape : tuple[int, int]
+        The shape of the crop.
+    session : ort.InferenceSession
+        The session to use for the embedding.
+    input_name : str
+        The name of the input tensor.
+    padding : int, optional
+        The padding to apply to the crop.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    NDArray[np.float32]
+        The embedding of the crop.
+    """
+    label_img = np.zeros_like(frame, dtype=np.int16)
+    
+    crops = []
+    for i, m in enumerate(mask, start=1):
+
+        if frame.ndim == 3:
+            crop_shape = (1, *final_shape)
+        else:
+            crop_shape = final_shape
+        
+        label_img[m.mask_indices()] = i
+
+        crop = m.crop(frame, shape=crop_shape).astype(np.float32)
+        crop_mask = (m.crop(label_img, shape=crop_shape) == i).astype(np.float32)
+
+        if crop.ndim == 3:
+            assert crop.shape[0] == 1, f"Expected 1 z-slice in 3D crop. Found {crop.shape[0]}"
+            crop = crop[0]
+            crop_mask = crop_mask[0]
+
+        crop = _pad(crop, final_shape, mode="reflect")
+        crop_mask = _pad(crop_mask, final_shape, mode="constant")
+
+        blurred_mask = gaussian_filter(crop_mask, sigma=5)
+        blurred_coef = blurred_mask.max()
+        if blurred_coef > 1e-8:  # if too small use the binary mask
+            crop_mask = np.maximum(crop_mask, blurred_mask / blurred_coef)
+
+        mu, sigma = np.mean(crop), np.std(crop)
+        # mu = np.median(crop)
+        # sigma = np.quantile(crop, 0.99) - mu
+        crop = (crop - mu) / np.maximum(sigma, 1e-8)
+
+        # removing background
+        crop = crop * crop_mask
+
+        if crop.shape != final_shape:
+            raise ValueError(f"Crop shape {crop.shape} does not match final shape {final_shape}")
+        
+        crops.append(crop)
+
+    # expanding batch, channel, and z dimensions
+    crops = np.stack(crops, axis=0)
+    crops = crops[:, np.newaxis, np.newaxis, ...]
+    output = session.run(None, {input_name: crops})
+
+    # import napari
+    # viewer = napari.Viewer()
+    # viewer.add_image(frame)
+    # viewer.add_image(np.squeeze(crops))
+    # napari.run()
+
+    # embedding = output[-1]   # projected 32-dimensional embedding
+    embedding = output[0]  # 768-dimensional embedding
+    embedding = embedding / np.linalg.norm(embedding, axis=1, keepdims=True)
+
+    return [e for e in embedding]
+
+
+def _add_dynaclr_attrs(
+    model_path: Path,
+    graph: td.graph.InMemoryGraph,
+    images: NDArray,
+) -> None:
+    """
+    Add DynaCLR embedding attributes to each node in the graph
+    and compute the cosine similarity for existing edges.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    graph : td.graph.InMemoryGraph
+        The graph to add the attributes to.
+    images : NDArray
+        The images to use for the embedding.
+    """
+
+    session = ort.InferenceSession(model_path)
+
+    input_name = session.get_inputs()[0].name
+    input_dim = session.get_inputs()[0].shape
+    input_type = session.get_inputs()[0].type
+
+    print(f"Model input name: '{input_name}'")
+    print(f"Expected input dimensions: {input_dim}")
+    print(f"Expected input type: {input_type}")
+
+    crop_attr_func = _crop_embedding(
+        final_shape=(64, 64),
+        session=session,
+        input_name=input_name,
+    )
+
+    print("Adding DynaCLR embedding attributes ...")
+    td.nodes.GenericFuncNodeAttrs(
+        func=crop_attr_func,
+        output_key="dynaclr_embedding",
+        attr_keys=["mask"],
+        batch_size=128,
+    ).add_node_attrs(graph, frames=images)
+
+    print("Adding cosine similarity attributes ...")
+    td.edges.GenericFuncEdgeAttrs(
+        func=np.dot,
+        output_key="dynaclr_similarity",
+        attr_keys="dynaclr_embedding",
+    ).add_edge_attrs(graph)
+
+
+def _track(
+    dynaclr_model_path: Path | None,
+    images: NDArray,
+    labels: NDArray,
+    dist_edge_kwargs: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+    ilp_kwargs: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+) -> tuple[td.graph.InMemoryGraph, td.graph.InMemoryGraph]:
+    """
+    Track cells in a graph.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    dynaclr_model_path : Path | None
+        Path to the DynaCLR model. If None, the model will not be used.
+    images : NDArray
+        The images to use for the embedding.
+    labels : NDArray
+        The labels to use for the tracking.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    tuple[td.graph.InMemoryGraph, td.graph.InMemoryGraph]
+        The original graph and the solution graph.
+    """
+    print("Starting tracking ...")
+    graph = td.graph.InMemoryGraph()
+
+    nodes_operator = td.nodes.RegionPropsNodes()
+    nodes_operator.add_nodes(graph, labels=labels)
+    print(f"Number of nodes: {graph.num_nodes}")
+
+    if dist_edge_kwargs is None:
+        dist_edge_kwargs = {}
+
+    dist_operator = td.edges.DistanceEdges(
+        distance_threshold=dist_edge_kwargs.pop("distance_threshold", 325.0),
+        n_neighbors=dist_edge_kwargs.pop("n_neighbors", 10),
+        delta_t=dist_edge_kwargs.pop("delta_t", 5),
+        **dist_edge_kwargs,
+    )
+    dist_operator.add_edges(graph)
+    print(f"Number of edges: {graph.num_edges}")
+
+    td.edges.GenericFuncEdgeAttrs(
+        func=lambda x, y: abs(x - y),
+        output_key="delta_t",
+        attr_keys="t",
+    ).add_edge_attrs(graph)
+
+    dist_weight = (-td.EdgeAttr(td.DEFAULT_ATTR_KEYS.EDGE_DIST) / dist_operator.distance_threshold).exp()
+
+    if dynaclr_model_path is not None:
+        _add_dynaclr_attrs(
+            dynaclr_model_path,
+            graph,
+            images,
+        )
+        # decrease dynaclr similarity given the distance?
+        edge_weight = -td.EdgeAttr("dynaclr_similarity") * dist_weight
+
+    else:
+        iou_operator = td.edges.IoUEdgeAttr(output_key="iou")
+        iou_operator.add_edge_attrs(graph)
+
+        edge_weight = -(td.EdgeAttr("iou") + 0.1) * dist_weight
+
+    edge_weight = edge_weight / td.EdgeAttr("delta_t").clip(lower_bound=1)
+
+    if ilp_kwargs is None:
+        ilp_kwargs = {}
+
+    solver = td.solvers.ILPSolver(
+        edge_weight=edge_weight,
+        appearance_weight=ilp_kwargs.pop("appearance_weight", 0),
+        disappearance_weight=ilp_kwargs.pop("disappearance_weight", 0),
+        division_weight=ilp_kwargs.pop("division_weight", 0.5),
+        node_weight=ilp_kwargs.pop("node_weight", -10),
+        **ilp_kwargs,
+    )
+
+    solution_graph = solver.solve(graph)
+
+    return graph, solution_graph
+
+
+def track_single_dataset(
+    dataset_dir: Path,
+    dataset_num: str,
+    show_napari_viewer: bool,
+    dynaclr_model_path: Path | None,
+) -> None:
+    """
+    Main function to track cells in a dataset.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    dataset_dir : Path
+        Path to the dataset directory.
+    dataset_num : str
+        Number of the dataset.
+    show_napari_viewer : bool
+        Whether to show the napari viewer.
+    dynaclr_model_path : Path | None
+        Path to the DynaCLR model. If None, the model will not be used.
+    """
+    assert dataset_dir.exists(), f"Data directory {dataset_dir} does not exist."
+
+    print(f"Loading labels from '{dataset_dir}'...")
+    labels = imread(str(_seg_dir(dataset_dir, dataset_num) / "*.tif"))
+    images = imread(str(dataset_dir / dataset_num / "*.tif"))
+
+    gt_graph = td.graph.InMemoryGraph.from_ctc(dataset_dir / f"{dataset_num}_GT" / "TRA")
+
+    graph, solution_graph = _track(
+        dynaclr_model_path,
+        images,
+        labels,
+    )
+
+    print("Evaluating results ...")
+    metrics = td.metrics.evaluate_ctc_metrics(
+        solution_graph,
+        gt_graph,
+        input_reset=False,
+        reference_reset=False,
+    )
+
+    if show_napari_viewer:
+        print("Converting to napari format ...")
+        tracks_df, track_graph, labels = td.functional.to_napari_format(
+            graph, labels.shape, mask_key=td.DEFAULT_ATTR_KEYS.MASK
+        )
+
+        print("Opening napari viewer ...")
+        viewer = napari.Viewer()
+        viewer.add_image(images)
+        viewer.add_labels(labels)
+        viewer.add_tracks(tracks_df, graph=track_graph)
+        napari.run()
+    
+    return metrics
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    models = [
+        Path("/hpc/projects/organelle_phenotyping/models/SEC61_TOMM20_G3BP1_Sensor/time_interval/dynaclr_gfp_rfp_ph_2D/deploy/dynaclr2d_classical_gfp_rfp_ph_temp0p5_batch128_ckpt146.onnx"),
+        Path("/hpc/projects/organelle_phenotyping/models/SEC61_TOMM20_G3BP1_Sensor/time_interval/dynaclr_gfp_rfp_ph_2D/deploy/dynaclr2d_timeaware_gfp_rfp_ph_temp0p5_batch128_ckpt185.onnx"),
+        Path("/hpc/projects/organelle_phenotyping/models/dynamorph_microglia/deploy/dynaclr2d_phase_brightfield_temp0p2_batch256_ckpt33.onnx"),
+        Path("/hpc/projects/organelle_phenotyping/models/dynamorph_microglia/deploy/dynaclr2d_timeaware_phase_brightfield_temp0p2_batch256_ckpt13.onnx"),
+        None,
+    ]
+
+    results = []
+
+    dataset_root = Path("/hpc/reference/group.royer/CTC/training/")
+
+    for model_path in models:
+        for dataset_dir in sorted(dataset_root.iterdir()):
+
+            for dataset_num in ["01", "02"]:
+                # processing only datasets with segmentation (linking challenge)
+                seg_dir = _seg_dir(dataset_dir, dataset_num)
+                if not seg_dir.exists():
+                    print(f"Skipping {dataset_dir.name} because it does not have segmentation")
+                    continue
+                
+                metrics = track_single_dataset(
+                    dataset_dir=dataset_dir,
+                    dataset_num=dataset_num,
+                    show_napari_viewer=False,
+                    dynaclr_model_path=model_path,
+                )
+                metrics["model"] = "None" if model_path is None else model_path.stem
+                metrics["dataset"] = dataset_dir.name
+                metrics["dataset_num"] = dataset_num
+                print(metrics)
+                results.append(metrics)
+
+                # update for every new result
+                df = pl.DataFrame(results)
+                df.write_csv("results.csv")
+
+    print(
+        df.group_by("model", "dataset").mean().select(
+            "model", "dataset", "LNK", "BIO(0)", "OP_CLB(0)", "CHOTA"
+        )
+    )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/applications/cell_tracking/report.py b/applications/cell_tracking/report.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env -S uv run --script
+#
+# /// script
+# requires-python = ">=3.10"
+# dependencies = [
+#   "polars",
+#   "altair>=5.4.0",
+# ]
+# ///
+import polars as pl
+import altair as alt
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    df = pl.read_csv("results.csv")
+    gdf = df.group_by("model", "dataset").mean()
+
+    alt.renderers.enable("browser")  # use system browser
+
+    metric = "OP_CLB(0)"
+    p = gdf.plot.bar(x="model", y=metric, color="model")
+    p = p.properties(
+        title=metric,
+    )
+
+    facet_chart = p.facet(
+        facet="dataset",
+        columns=5,
+    )
+
+    facet_chart.show()
+
+    df.group_by("model").mean().plot.bar(x="model", y=metric, color="model").properties(
+        title=metric,
+    ).show()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
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diff --git a/applications/cell_tracking/track_proj.py b/applications/cell_tracking/track_proj.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env -S uv run --script
+#
+# /// script
+# requires-python = ">=3.10"
+# dependencies = [
+#   "tracksdata @ git+https://github.com/royerlab/tracksdata.git",
+#   "contrastive-td @ git+https://github.com/royerlab/contrastive-td.git",
+#   "onnxruntime-gpu",
+#   "napari[pyqt5]",
+#   "gurobipy",
+#   "py-ctcmetrics==1.2.2",
+#   "spatial-graph",
+# ]
+# ///
+
+from pathlib import Path
+import polars as pl
+import napari
+import zarr
+import dask.array as da
+from tracksdata.io._ctc import _add_edges_from_tracklet_ids
+
+from rich import print
+
+import tracksdata as td
+from cell_tracking_ctc import _track
+
+
+def _load_gt_graph(
+    segm: da.Array,
+    tracklets_df: pl.DataFrame,
+) -> td.graph.InMemoryGraph:
+
+    tracklets_df = tracklets_df.filter(pl.col("parent_track_id") != -1)
+    tracklet_id_graph = dict(zip(
+        tracklets_df["track_id"].to_list(),
+        tracklets_df["parent_track_id"].to_list(),
+    ))
+
+    gt_graph = td.graph.InMemoryGraph()
+
+    td.nodes.RegionPropsNodes(
+        extra_properties=["label"],
+    ).add_nodes(gt_graph, labels=segm)
+
+    _add_edges_from_tracklet_ids(
+        gt_graph,
+        gt_graph.node_attrs(attr_keys=[
+            td.DEFAULT_ATTR_KEYS.NODE_ID,
+            td.DEFAULT_ATTR_KEYS.T,
+            "label",
+        ]),
+        tracklet_id_graph=tracklet_id_graph,
+        tracklet_id_key="label",
+    )
+
+    return gt_graph
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+
+    img_dir = Path("/hpc/projects/intracellular_dashboard/organelle_dynamics/2025_08_26_A549_SEC61_TOMM20_ZIKV/4-phenotyping/0-train-test/2025_08_26_A549_SEC61_TOMM20_ZIKV.zarr")
+
+    segm_dir = Path("/hpc/projects/intracellular_dashboard/organelle_dynamics/2025_08_26_A549_SEC61_TOMM20_ZIKV/2-assemble/tracking_annotation.zarr")
+
+    pos_key = "A/2/000000/0"
+    img_ds = zarr.open(img_dir, mode="r")
+    img = da.from_zarr(img_ds[pos_key])[:, 0, 0]
+
+    segm_ds = zarr.open(segm_dir, mode="r")
+    segm = da.from_zarr(segm_ds[pos_key])[:, 0, 0]
+
+    print(img.shape)
+    print(segm.shape)
+
+    short_pos_key = pos_key[:-2]
+    suffix = "_".join(short_pos_key.split("/"))
+
+    tracklets_graph_path = segm_dir / short_pos_key / f"tracks_{suffix}.csv"
+    tracklets_df = pl.read_csv(tracklets_graph_path)
+    gt_graph = _load_gt_graph(segm, tracklets_df)
+
+    model_path = Path("/hpc/projects/organelle_phenotyping/models/SEC61_TOMM20_G3BP1_Sensor/deploy/dynaclr2d_timeaware_bagchannels_160patch_ckpt104.onnx")
+
+    graph, solution_graph = _track(
+        model_path,
+        img,
+        segm,
+        dist_edge_kwargs={"delta_t": 1},
+        ilp_kwargs={"division_weight": 0.95},
+    )
+
+    gt_tracks_df, gt_track_graph, gt_labels = td.functional.to_napari_format(
+        gt_graph,
+        segm.shape,
+        solution_key=None,
+        mask_key=td.DEFAULT_ATTR_KEYS.MASK,
+    )
+
+    tracks_df, track_graph, labels = td.functional.to_napari_format(
+        solution_graph,
+        segm.shape,
+        solution_key=None,
+        mask_key=td.DEFAULT_ATTR_KEYS.MASK,
+    )
+
+    metrics = td.metrics.evaluate_ctc_metrics(
+        gt_graph,
+        solution_graph,
+        input_reset=False,
+        reference_reset=False,
+    )
+
+    print(metrics)
+
+    viewer = napari.Viewer()
+    viewer.add_image(img)
+    viewer.add_labels(segm, name="GT labels")
+    viewer.add_tracks(gt_tracks_df, graph=gt_track_graph, name="GT tracks")
+    viewer.add_tracks(tracks_df, graph=track_graph, name="Solution tracks")
+    viewer.add_labels(labels, name="Solution labels")
+
+    # solution_graph.match(gt_graph)
+    # td.metrics.visualize_matches(
+    #     solution_graph,
+    #     gt_graph,
+    #     viewer=viewer,
+    # )
+
+    napari.run()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()