HemoVision
Windows desktop software for forensic bloodstain pattern analysis. From a handful of photographs it rebuilds the scene in 3D, computes areas of origin and cast-off paths, then produces courtroom-ready reports, videos and augmented-reality overlays.
What is HemoVision?
HemoVision is a Windows desktop application for bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA), published by the Belgian company Forentrics. It is aimed at the forensic professionals who reconstruct what happened at a violent scene from the blood traces left behind, and its central claim is speed: turning a documented pattern into a finished report in minutes rather than the hours traditional BPA demands.
The product page frames the discipline around four obstacles. Investigators work under severe time pressure. Area-of-origin work has traditionally rested on many manual measurements that become impractical when patterns overlap or spread across several surfaces. Results vary with the analyst's training and experience. And photographic or 3D scan documentation is difficult to reconcile with the analytical findings.
The answer is a three-stage workflow. Documentation is deliberately light: the analyst places HemoVision markers and takes a handful of photographs, with no protractors, tape measures or dedicated scanner, the vendor stating that a smartphone camera will do. Processing happens back at the desk, where marker-guided photogrammetry rebuilds the scene in three dimensions; the software then classifies stains, groups them, computes an area of origin directly in 3D and estimates cast-off swing paths. Reporting produces PDF documents, MP4 explanatory videos, screenshots, shareable interactive 3D files and augmented-reality overlays of the analysis onto the original photographs.
The scientific basis is published rather than merely asserted. Four peer-reviewed papers are cited on the product page, dated 2014, 2015, 2022 and 2024, and the impact-angle method replaces the classical inverse sine of a stain's width-to-length ratio with a statistical shape model trained on hundreds of example stains. Independent validation studies appeared in 2026, and the 2.0 release announcement of May 2024 described the product as powered by advanced AI.
Practically, HemoVision runs only on 64-bit Windows 10 or 11, installs locally with a personal licence file, and reached version 3.3.0 on 1 April 2026 with a redesigned interface. The vendor reports users in more than fourteen countries. Forentrics also publishes Vision-3D, a separate product sold through a third-party site, which this record does not cover.
What it does
- Rebuild a crime scene in 3D from ordinary photographs using marker-guided photogrammetry
- Compute the area of origin of an impact pattern directly in three dimensions
- Estimate the swing path of a cast-off pattern
- Detect, measure and classify individual stains, then group them by type
- Generate PDF reports, MP4 videos, screenshots and shareable interactive 3D files
- Overlay the completed analysis onto scene photographs in augmented reality
- Import point clouds and 3D meshes produced by external scanners
When to use HemoVision / When not to
A quick filter to help you decide if HemoVision is the right fit.
When to use HemoVision
- Bloodstain pattern analysts in police forensic services, named on the site as its core users
- Crime scene investigators who must document quickly on site and analyse later
- Forensic laboratory personnel handling impact, cast-off and projected stain patterns
- Independent consultants and court-appointed experts, served by a seven-day per-case licence
- Academic researchers and lecturers teaching or validating BPA methods
When not to use HemoVision
- Anyone seeking a BPA certification course: the vendor states its training is not one
- macOS or Linux users, since the software runs only on 64-bit Windows 10 and 11
- Teams needing programmatic access, as no API or API documentation exists
- Organisations requiring a permanent free tier, since every published option is paid
- Clinical or medical imaging users: this is crime scene forensics, not a medical device
How to use HemoVision
A typical end-to-end flow, from setup to results.
- Request a free trial licence through the contact form, optionally with an onboarding session
- Check the machine against the requirements: 64-bit Windows 10 or 11, DirectX 11 graphics, 10 GB free
- Download the installer, run it with administrator rights and an internet connection, then apply the personal licence file
- At the scene, place the HemoVision markers around the pattern to be documented
- Photograph the scene from several angles; a smartphone camera is sufficient and no measurement is taken on site
- Load the images into HemoVision and let the software reconstruct the scene in 3D
- Optionally import point clouds or 3D meshes from a scanner to enrich the reconstruction
- Classify the stains, assemble them into stain groups, then run the area-of-origin or cast-off calculation
- Inspect the result in the 2D and 3D views and, if a reference position is known, compare against it
- Export the outcome as a PDF report, an MP4 video, a 3D file or an augmented-reality overlay
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Substantial time savings, corroborated by named practitioners at the Belgian Federal Judicial Police
- No specialised hardware required: ordinary photographs suffice, including smartphone images
- Published scientific basis, with four peer-reviewed papers cited and independent validation studies in 2026
- Validated for operational use by the Belgian Federal Judicial Police in a triple-impact study
- Handles complex scenes that defeat the tangent method: multiple surfaces, ceilings, furniture and occlusions
- Output designed for the courtroom, from PDF reports to interactive 3D and augmented reality
- Complete public documentation, detailed release notes, a free trial and a seven-day per-case licence
Cons
- Windows 10 or 11 only: no macOS, Linux, web or mobile version exists
- No API and no API documentation, so no programmatic integration is possible
- No terms and conditions and no legal notice: the footer links are dead and every legal URL returns 404
- The privacy policy dates from 22 June 2022, is linked from no page, and still carries dead links and a 2022 copyright
- No postal address or telephone number is published; contact runs exclusively through forms
- No security or quality certification is claimed, and no processing agreement or subprocessor list exists
- Parts of the product page are unfinished, with dead video and case-study buttons and an absent user login area
Pricing & Plans
There is no permanent free plan. The lowest published entry point is the HemoVision Core subscription at EUR 125 per month, billed annually; HemoVision Pro is EUR 180 per month on the same annual basis, and both include markers, updates and support. A per-case licence granting full access for seven days is offered at EUR 250. Prospective users should note that the two monthly figures are billed annually, so they commit to a full year, and the corresponding annual total is not displayed. A free trial licence may be requested through the site, and special pricing for multi-seat licences, larger institutions and academic or research use is available on quotation only. Training is charged separately at EUR 250 per seat, with a minimum of four seats.
- EUR 125 per month
- billed annually - core documentation
- analysis and reporting of bloodstain patterns
- markers
- updates and support included
- EUR 180 per month
- billed annually - all features including augmented reality
- automated reporting
- video export and full support for 3D scans and models
- markers
- updates and support included
- EUR 250 per licence - full access for seven days
- intended for consultants
- court-appointed experts and agencies handling occasional cases
- no published amount - multi-seat licences
- larger institutions and academic or research use
- EUR 250 per seat
- minimum four seats - a separate service
- not a software licence
- participants receive two weeks of software access
Data, GDPR & hosting
A consolidated view of how HemoVision handles your data.
GDPR overview
The words GDPR and General Data Protection Regulation appear nowhere on the site, including in the privacy policy itself, so the vendor makes no compliance claim in either direction. The policy nevertheless uses the regulation's vocabulary: it distinguishes controller from processor, names consent, contractual necessity and legal obligation as its legal grounds, states a data minimisation intent, and lists rights of access, rectification, completion, updating and erasure, with consent withdrawable at any time. Complaints and rights requests go to info@forentrics.com. No data protection officer is named, no Article 27 representative is designated, no data processing agreement is published or offered, and no subprocessor list exists. The policy is dated 22 June 2022, predates the company's incorporation, and is linked from no page on the site.
Who owns the data?
The privacy policy states that Forentrics acts, for most processing, only as a processor on behalf of the customer's employer, who signed the licence agreement and remains the data controller. The personal data covered is limited to what is exchanged when entering into an agreement: name, surname, email address and company name, all supplied voluntarily. Individuals may request access, rectification, completion, updating and erasure, and may withdraw consent at any time. The vendor reserves the right to publish or share non-personally identifiable information with its partners. The document is silent on ownership of casework data such as scene photographs and analysis projects, which the software processes locally on the user's own machine.
Reuse rights
Nothing in the published documents grants or restricts the customer's reuse of their own casework output. Because HemoVision installs locally and processes scene photographs on the analyst's own Windows machine, reports, videos, screenshots and 3D exports are produced on that machine and the vendor claims no rights over them. On the personal data side, the privacy policy limits Forentrics to four purposes: answering product enquiries, delivering the product or service, following up after a meeting or demonstration, and market research such as satisfaction surveys. The stated legal grounds are consent, contractual necessity and legal obligation. Disclosure to third parties is confined to contract performance, legal compliance, enforcement of the terms and protection of rights, property or safety. No terms and conditions page exists to complete this picture.
Data retention & training
Hosting summary
No hosting information is published. The site names no country, region or cloud provider for customer data, and the privacy policy addresses only commercial contact data, never casework material such as scene photographs and analysis projects. In practice HemoVision is a desktop application: it installs on the user's own 64-bit Windows machine and performs image processing and 3D reconstruction locally, so casework normally stays on that machine and on whatever storage the customer's own organisation provides. The only hosting fact that could be established is about the marketing site itself, which resolves to an address operated by One.com in Copenhagen, Denmark. That says nothing about where customer data would be held, and should not be read as a hosting declaration. Organisations with jurisdictional requirements will need to obtain written confirmation from the vendor, since no data processing agreement is published either.
Things to keep in mind
Risks and trade-offs to weigh before adopting HemoVision.
- Analytical outputs are court evidence: an area of origin is an estimate with stated limits, and speed must never replace the analyst's own interpretation or documented reasoning
- The vendor itself notes that BPA quality depends on training and experience; an easy interface can create false confidence in an operator who has not been trained in the discipline
- Documentation quality is decided at the scene: badly placed markers or insufficient photographs cannot be repaired later, and the reconstruction will silently inherit the flaw
- No terms and conditions or legal notice exists, so the contractual position on liability, warranties and casework data is undefined and must be settled directly with the vendor
- Nothing is published about where data is hosted, how long casework material is retained, or whether it may be used to train models; the privacy policy covers only commercial contact data
- The privacy policy is dated 22 June 2022, predates the company's incorporation and is linked from no page, so users may never see the only data document that exists
- Compelling 3D and augmented-reality visuals are persuasive to a jury by construction: presenting them without the accompanying uncertainty risks overstating what the evidence supports
Setup & Integrations
Technical difficulty
Low for a desktop tool. Installation is described as a few minutes and is guided by a video: administrator rights, a downloaded installer, an internet connection and a personal licence file are all that is required. The hardware bar is modest, a standard office or field laptop running 64-bit Windows 10 or 11 with 10 GB free. No photogrammetry expertise is needed, since marker placement and photography are designed for non-experts. Most users are said to be productive within a few hours, helped by public documentation, example datasets and an optional five-hour live course.
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Frequently asked questions
Do I need a 3D scanner or any special hardware?
Which operating systems does HemoVision run on?
What does it cost to get started?
Is there a free trial?
Which bloodstain patterns can it analyse?
Can I export reports and visuals?
Does HemoVision offer an API?
How long does it take to learn?
Is the training course a BPA certification?
Who publishes HemoVision?
Should you pick HemoVision?
HemoVision is a narrow, seriously built tool rather than a general-purpose product, and it should be judged on that basis. Its proposition is credible where it matters most for forensic work: the analytical methods rest on four peer-reviewed publications, an independent validation study appeared in 2026, the Belgian Federal Judicial Police ran its own validation before operational use, and the software is cited in the fourth edition of the Bevel and Gardner handbook. Named practitioners describe real time savings on scenes that the tangent method cannot practically address. The development pace supports this, with version 3.3.0 shipped on 1 April 2026 and a documented release history reaching back to early 2024.
The reservations are less about the software than about everything around it. There is no terms and conditions page and no legal notice; the footer links to both are dead. The privacy policy exists but is linked from nowhere, dates from June 2022, predates the company's own incorporation and still carries stale references. No postal address, telephone number or support address is published. Nothing is stated about where casework data lives, how long it is kept, or whether it might be used to improve the models. For a public agency running a procurement process, that gap will need filling directly with the vendor.
Practically, the tool suits forensic services, laboratories and court-appointed experts working on Windows who want faster, better-documented bloodstain analysis and stronger courtroom visuals. It does not suit anyone needing macOS, an API, or a free tier. Buyers should also remember that the entry price of EUR 125 per month is billed annually, and that the publisher's other product, Vision-3D, is sold separately through a third party.
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