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Discontinued Operations (Details) - / $	Jun. 30, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018
Discontinued Operations
Foreign exchange rate ( Bolivars per United States dollars)		10
DICOM floating rate (Bolivars per United States dollars)	115,000

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DICOM floating rate used by Venezuela.

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Foreign exchange rate used to translate amounts denominated in functional currency to reporting currency.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 830
-SubTopic 30
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6897108&loc=SL6897125-166521

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