MR Converter

Extract text from MRI images (MR)

Select File
Drop or upload your .MR file

Online File Converter

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How to extract text from your MR file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your MR file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert MR to another file type

To convert MR images to another format, you need RadiAnt DICOM Viewer or other Raster Image software.

Convert a file to MR

To convert other file formats to the "Medical Imaging" file type, you need software like RadiAnt DICOM Viewer or a similar tool.

About MR files

The .MR file extension represents two distinct, high-value formats that often confuse users due to their shared abbreviation.

1. Medical Imaging (Primary Use)

Most commonly, a .MR file is a DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) image generated by a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner. In this context, the extension ".MR" is often a shorthand for the modality (Magnetic Resonance) rather than a unique file structure; the internal format is identical to a standard DCM file. These files contain high-resolution anatomical data and embedded patient metadata.

Common Friction Points:

Incompatibility: Standard photo viewers (Windows Photos, macOS Preview) and editors like Adobe Photoshop cannot open these files native without expensive plugins.
Privacy Risks: They contain embedded PII (Personally Identifiable Information) in the header, making raw sharing risky.
Size: Raw MRI dumps are uncompressed and large, making them difficult to email.

Best Conversion Targets:

For Patient Sharing/Web: Convert to JPG or PNG. This strips the sensitive metadata and reduces file size for easy viewing on phones and tablets.
For Reports: Convert to PDF to maintain a standardized document format.

2. Engine Simulation (Secondary Use)

In the gaming and development community, a .MR file is a simulation script used by Engine Simulator. These are plain text files written in the Piranha language that define physical engine parameters (bore, stroke, firing order).

Common Friction Points:

Unrecognized Format: Windows treats them as unknown binary files, prompting the "How do you want to open this file?" dialog.
Editing Errors: Users often try to open them in Word, which can add hidden formatting that breaks the script.

Best Conversion Targets:

For Editing: Convert (or rename) to TXT to open safely in Notepad++ or Visual Studio Code.

Convert.Guru analyzes your MR file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted JPG, MRI, 2_1_PP and 00001 files.

FAQ

If you want to convert MR file to , you can use RadiAnt DICOM Viewer or similar software from the "Medical Imaging & Simulation" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to MR, try RadiAnt DICOM Viewer or another comparable tool in the "Medical Imaging & Simulation" category.

The MR Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our MR converter.