So far the use of this technique for quality control has not been fully explored mainly because of the prohibitive costs and maintenance associated with conventional MRI tomography systems.
Oracle's Exalytics and SAP's HANA, for example, employ great tech, but unless you're a multinational, the costs and maintenance can be prohibitive.
"The mere maintenance would make it cost prohibitive.
While proving effective, game-proof fencing comes at a financial cost (construction, maintenance and patrol) which may prove prohibitive in some countries (Sutmoller 2002; Sinkala et al. 2014) and continue to meet mounting resistance from conservationists due to its detrimental ecological effects (Mbaiwa and Mbaiwa 2006; Gadd 2012).
Once set up and equipped, the maintenance and running cost may prove prohibitive in the long term, so that the equipment cannot be repaired or maintained [ 13].
The cost of maintenance, repairs and adaptations can be prohibitive for families [ 36, 38], thus funding arrangements at policy level should ensure that these costs are covered or available grants are signposted [ 8, 41].
However, the operating cost of diesel generators is becoming more and more prohibitive due to high fuel prices and high operating and maintenance costs.
These deaths are preventable with access to clean and safe water, but capital costs and maintenance requirements for large-scale treatment systems are prohibitive and challenging to implement in remote or distributed communities.
She pointed out that less than half of single mothers receive any maintenance payment from the absent parent, and that the legal costs of chasing payments too prohibitive for many.
However, for some participants, the prohibitive cost of gym access, once the free access year had expired, was a barrier to behavioural change maintenance that may raise the risk of intervention-generated inequalities.
