# How to export a vtk file that can be imported into CARTOMerge

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-export-a-vtk-file-that-can-be-imported-into-cartomerge/36047>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** heart, cardiac\
**Created:** [May 10, 2024, 5:15am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-export-a-vtk-file-that-can-be-imported-into-cartomerge/36047 "2024-05-10T05:15:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![kasun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kasun](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/kasun)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 5:15am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-export-a-vtk-file-that-can-be-imported-into-cartomerge/36047/1 "2024-05-10T05:15:30Z")

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Hi I was wondering if I could get some help with a project. I have a 3D vtk file that I can open on 3D Slicer. I am trying to import this into Carto V6 as a CARTOMERGE file which I can then co-register with the EAM (same as I would an ADAS 3D or InHeart vtk) but when I try and import it I get the following error “Invalid images, image study was not created.” Is there a particular way to export the file in a vtk format that is readable by Carto V6 cartomerge?

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 5:16am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-export-a-vtk-file-that-can-be-imported-into-cartomerge/36047/2 "2024-05-10T05:16:14Z")

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You can use CartoExport module in [SlicerHeart extension](https://github.com/SlicerHeart/SlicerHeart).