Global InformationHemoSpat information
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 HemoSpat software (version 1.12) screenshot | |
| Developer(s) | FORident Software |
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| Initial release | April 20, 2006[1] |
| Stable release | v1.12.2
/ June 20, 2020[1] |
| Written in | C++ and Qt |
| Operating system | macOS 10.13, macOS 10.14, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10[2] |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Crime Scene Reconstruction Software |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | hemospat.com |
HemoSpat is bloodstain pattern analysis software created by FORident Software in 2006. Using photos from a bloodshed incident at a crime scene, a bloodstain pattern analyst can use HemoSpat to calculate the area-of-origin of impact patterns. This information may be useful for determining position and posture of suspects and victims, sequencing of events, corroborating or refuting testimony, and for crime scene reconstruction.
The results of the analyses may be viewed in 2D within the software as top-down, side, and front views, or exported to several 3D formats for integration with point cloud or modelling software. The formats which HemoSpat exports [2] include:
- AUTOCAD DXF
- COLLADA
- PLY
- VRML
- Wavefront OBJ
HemoSpat is capable of calculating impact pattern origins with only part of the pattern available,[3] as well as impacts on non-orthogonal surfaces.[4] HemoSpat has also been used in research into what kind of information may be captured from cast-off patterns,[5] methods of scene documentation,[6] and in improving area-of-origin calculations.[7]
- ^ a b HemoSpat Release Notes, official HemoSpat site.
- ^ a b HemoSpat Features, official HemoSpat site.
- ^ Maloney, A.; Nicloux, C.; Maloney, K.; Heron, F. One-Sided Impact Spatter and Area-of-Origin Calculations. J. For. Ident. 2011, 61 (2), 123-135.
- ^ Maloney, K.; Killeen, J.; Maloney, A. . The Use of HemoSpat To Include Bloodstains Located on Nonorthogonal Surfaces in Area-of-Origin Calculations. J. For. Ident. 2009, 59 (5), 513-524.
- ^ Maloney, A.; Campbell, T.; Killeen, J. Visualization of Cast-off Patterns Using 3D Modelling Software. J. Assoc. Crime Scene Recon., 2011, 17 (4), 49-56.
- ^ Gardner, R.; Maloney, M.; Rossi, C. Crime Scene Investigator's Method for Documenting Impact Patterns for Subsequent Off-Scene Area-of-Origin Analysis. J. For. Ident. 2012, 62 (4), 368-387.
- ^ de Bruin, K. G., Stoel, R. D. and Limborgh, J. C. M. (2011), Improving the Point of Origin Determination in Bloodstain Pattern Analysis. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 56: 1476–1482.