Image-based model of the spectrin cytoskeleton for red blood cell simulation
Fig 1
Random graph with specified statistical properties generated on the sphere.
(a) Random graph on a spherical surface generated with a specified node density N/S = 300/μm2 mean node degree μ = 5, and edge length distribution σ(D). Note that, while the density of nodes is consistent with the value for a whole red cell, the surface area of the sphere used in this test is a small fraction of the total surface area of a red cell. (b) and (c) Histograms demonstrating that the generated graph has the specified edge-length distribution σ(D) and Poisson node degree distribution, respectively.