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.
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screenshot.jpg) 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 |
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:
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]
References
edit- ^ 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.
External links
edit- HemoSpat – official site