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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Stock-Based Compensation (Details) (Stock Options [Member])	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Employees and Directors [Member]
Summary of assumptions used to estimate the fair value of stock options
Risk-free interest rate	0.36%	1.23%
Risk-free interest rate (minimum)			1.09%
Risk-free interest rate (maximum)			2.65%
Expected volatility	131.00%	134.00%	134.00%
Expected life in years	4 years	4 years	4 years
Dividend yield	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Forfeiture rate	8.00%	11.00%	11.00%
Non Employee [Member]
Summary of assumptions used to estimate the fair value of stock options
Risk-free interest rate (minimum)	0.67%	0.91%	1.89%
Risk-free interest rate (maximum)	0.83%	3.47%	3.84%
Dividend yield	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Non Employee [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Summary of assumptions used to estimate the fair value of stock options
Expected volatility	103.00%	96.00%	71.00%
Expected life in years	7 years	6 years	7 years
Non Employee [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Summary of assumptions used to estimate the fair value of stock options
Expected volatility	117.00%	119.00%	120.00%
Expected life in years	10 years	10 years	10 years

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The estimated dividend rate (a percentage of the share price) to be paid (expected dividends) to holders of the underlying shares over the option's term.

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Expected term of share-based compensation awards, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period.

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The risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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The maximum risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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